Infection, general - Whole Blood and Components
Essential information
- Definition/s
Acute: lasting for a limited duration only with no long lasting carrier stage
Chronic: continuing, or possibly continuing, infection, even without symptoms or signs of infection.
Infectious diseases are infections that can easily be passed from person to person, either through casual or intimate contact.
A non-contagious disease is a disease which is not transmitted person to person without the aid of a vector (e.g. a mosquito) or is a disease that is the result of an environmental issue which may be shared e.g. food poisoning.
- Obligatory
See: is there a specific entry for the condition?
If not, see as appropriate:
Pyrexia
Contact with:See Infectious diseases, contact with or Non-contagious diseases, contact with
- Discretionary
Symptomless carriers of Staphylococcus aureus, including methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), accept.
Supporting information
- See if relevant
- Coronavirus infection
- Endocarditis
- Giardiasis
- Hepatitis
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- Hepatitis E
- Herpes simplex
- HIV
- HTLV
- Malaria
- Osteomyelitis
- Parvovirus B19
- Prion-associated diseases
- Pyrexia
- Rabies
- Rheumatic fever
- Sexually transmitted disease
- South American trypanosomiasis
- Syphilis
- Tetanus
- Thrush
- Toxoplasmosis
- Tropical viruses
- Tuberculosis
- Viral haemorrhagic fever
- West Nile Virus
- Reason for change:
- A link to the Pyrexia entry has been added and the See if Relevant section has been updated.
- Version details:
WB-DSG Edition 203 Release 72 (31 July 2024)