Blood Donors

Question 1

Age

Answer 1

> /= 16

Question 2

Max WB Volume Collection

Answer 2

10.5 mL/kg

Question 3

BP

Answer 3

Systolic < 180 mm Hg

Diastolic <100 mmHg

Question 4

Pulse

Answer 4

50 - 100 bpm (<50 acceptable in an otherwise healthy athlete)

Question 5

Temperature

Answer 5

<37.5

Question 6

Hgb/Hct

Answer 6

Hgb: >12.5 g/dL (auto: >11)
Hct: >38% (auto: >33%)

Question 7

Accutane Deferral

Answer 7

1 month

Question 8

Deferral for pregnancy

Answer 8

defer if pregnant within the last 6 weeks

Question 9

Deferral for Tegison or Human Pituitary-Derived Growth Hormone

Answer 9

Permanent

Question 10

Deferral for Bovine Insulin made in UK

Answer 10

Indefinite

Question 11

Deferral for receipt of toxoids or synthetic/killed vaccines (HepB, Influenza, Rabies, Tetanus, Typhoid, Rocky Mountain, Lyme, Pertussis, Polio-injected)

Answer 11

No Deferral

Question 12

Deferral for mumps vaccine

Answer 12

2 weeks

Question 13

Deferral for oral polio or oral typhoid vaccine

Answer 13

2 weeks

Question 14

Deferral for German measles (rubella) or chicken pox vaccine

Answer 14

4 weeks

Question 15

Deferral for HBIG or unlicensed vaccines

Answer 15

12 months

Question 16

Frequency of whole blood donation

Answer 16

8 weeks

Question 17

Frequency of ‘double red’ blood donation

Answer 17

16 weeks

Question 18

Frequency for plateletpheresis

Answer 18

no more than 24 in a calendar year, with at least 48 hours between procedures, and no more than 2 in w/in 7 days

Question 19

Deferral after departure from Iraq

Answer 19

1 year (Leishmania)

Question 20

Deferral for receiving blood transfusion in UK or France between 1980 and present

Answer 20

Indefinite

Question 21

Deferral if had malaria, now asymptomatic, OR lived in endemic area >5 years

Answer 21

3 years

Question 22

Deferral if traveled to area endemic for malaria for greater than 24 hours, but less than 5 years

Answer 22

1 year

Question 23

Deferral for Chagas disease, babesiosis, family hx of CJD

Answer 23

indefinite

Question 24

Deferral for syphilis, gonorrhea

Answer 24

12 months

Question 25

When should autologous blood be collected

Answer 25

at least 72 hours prior to intended use

Question 26

Deferrals for autologous donation

Answer 26

risk of bacteremia, unstable angina, recent MI or stroke, untreated aortic stenosis

Question 27

Deferral for transplant (organ, tissue, BM,) or graft (bone, skin)

Answer 27

12 months, except dura mater (defer indefinitely)

Question 28

Deferral for needlestick or contact w/ someone else’s blood

Answer 28

12 months

Question 29

Deferral for sexual contact w/ someone HIV/AIDs-positive

Answer 29

12 months

Question 30

Deferral for sexual contact with prostitute, someone who has taken non-rx drugs via needle, has hemophilia

Answer 30

12 months

Question 31

Deferral for females who have had sexual contact with a MSM

Answer 31

12 months

Question 32

Deferral for juvenile detention, jail, prison for more than 72 hours

Answer 32

12 months

Question 33

Deferral for having received money, drugs, or other payment for sex

Answer 33

Indefinitely

Question 34

Deferral for male donor having had sexual contact with another male

Answer 34

Indefinitely

Question 35

Deferral for a positive test for HIV/AIDS

Answer 35

Indefinitely

Question 36

Deferral for having used needles to take any drugs not prescribed by doctor

Answer 36

Indefinitely

Question 37

Deferral for use of clotting factor concentrates

Answer 37

12 months

Question 38

Deferral for hepatitis

Answer 38

Defer indefinitely for history of viral hepatitis after 11th birthday