Written Question · S3W-10472 · Session 3
Who is prevented from donating blood; what the scientific justification is for each category of person prevented from donating blood, and w…
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive who is prevented from donating blood; what the scientific justification is for each category of person prevented from donating blood, and what plans it has to reconsider who can and who cannot donate blood.
The answer
People prevented from donating blood can be placed broadly in two categories:
(1.) Those whose medical history, travel history, or behaviours put them at risk of passing on transfusion transmissible infections and
(2.) Those whose medical history suggests that giving blood could place them at risk of the adverse affects of donation.
Full details of the current UK donor selection guidelines, with explanatory notes, can be found at: www.transfusionguidelines.org.
The guidelines are reviewed on a regular basis at UK level through the Advisory Committee for the Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs and the Joint Professional Advisory Committee for the four UK transfusion services, based on the latest epidemiological information from the Health Protection Agency, Health Protection Scotland and other experts in this field.
(1.) Those whose medical history, travel history, or behaviours put them at risk of passing on transfusion transmissible infections and
(2.) Those whose medical history suggests that giving blood could place them at risk of the adverse affects of donation.
Full details of the current UK donor selection guidelines, with explanatory notes, can be found at: www.transfusionguidelines.org.
The guidelines are reviewed on a regular basis at UK level through the Advisory Committee for the Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs and the Joint Professional Advisory Committee for the four UK transfusion services, based on the latest epidemiological information from the Health Protection Agency, Health Protection Scotland and other experts in this field.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-10472 by reference.