DEFERRALS

Question 1

Previous donations

Answer 1

AABB …………… 8 weeks (allogenic whole blood)

Philippines
- 450mL……………12 weeks (3mnths)
- 200mL…………… 6 to 8 weeks

Question 2

Apheresis donation(WBC/plt apheresis)
Max. Of 24 plt. Apheresis per year

Answer 2

48 hours bfore WB Donation

Question 3

Infrequent plasma apheresis

Answer 3

4 weeks

Question 4

Double red cell unit apheresis

Answer 4

16 weeks

Question 5

Childbirth

Answer 5

AABB —————— 6 wks after childbirth
Phili. ——————- 9 months after delivery/after weaning

Question 6

Tooth extraction

Answer 6

3 days

Question 7

Acute febrile episode

Answer 7

2 to 3 weeks

Question 8

Alcohol intake

Answer 8

12 to 24 hours

Question 9

Visit to countries with SARS

Answer 9

28 days (if there is infxn)
14 days ( with no infxn)

Question 10

• Malaria confirmed diagnosis
• resident in an area for endemic malaria for at least 5 consecutive years
• travel to endemic area (prior resident of an endemic country <3 years after leaving)

Answer 10

3 years after being ASYMPTOMATIC

Question 11

• travel to endemic area for more than 24 hours in less than 5 years
• travel to endemic area (prior resident of endemic country >3 years after leaving)

Answer 11

1 year if asymptomatic

Question 12

Travel In endemic country but not endemic area for more than 24 hours

Answer 12

NO deferral

Question 13

• previous history of Tuberculosis that has been treated fully and is no longer active
• Recipients of recombinant type growth hormone

Answer 13

No deferral

Question 14

Tegison
Etretinate- treatment for psoriasis

Answer 14

Permanent

Question 15

Soriatane (for psoriasis)

Answer 15

3 years

Question 16

Avodart (for benign prostatic hyperplasia)

Answer 16

6 months

Question 17

Accutane (for acne)
Peopexia (for baldness)
Prosxar/Fenasteride (BPH)

Answer 17

1 month

Question 18

Aspirin (aspirin derived products, piroxicam)

Answer 18

AABB|DOH
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Platelet: 3 DAYS | 36 hours
WB: NO DEFERRAL

Question 19

12 months (longest vaccination deferral)

Answer 19

HaRRg hard

Hepatitis B immune globulin (HBIg)
Rh immune globulin (Rhogram) for HDN prevention
Rabies vaccine
Gammaglobulin

Question 20

4 weeks

Answer 20

Live attenuated vaccines of:
- German measles (Rubella)
- Chicken pox (Varicella zoster virus)

Question 21

2 weeks

Answer 21

Live attenuated vaccines of:
- Measles (Rubeola)
- Oral polio (Sabin vaccine)
- mumps
- oral typhoid
- Yellow fever (Henry’s 2 wks)
- harmening -8 weeks

Question 22

No deferral for vaccination

Answer 22

TCA-DiPaPaRoT

• Toxoids/killed/synthetic viral, bacterial, rickettsial vaccines (especially if donor is asymptomatic)afebrile
• cholera
• anthrax
• DPT (Diptheria, Pertussis, Tetanus
• influenza
• Parathypoid and thypoid
• Polio (injection/Salk vaccine)
• RMSF
• Typhus

Question 23

Vaccines where if asymptomatic, No deferral
If symptomatic, 14 days after recovery from infection (before it was 28 days)

Answer 23

• non-replicating, inactivated or mRNA-based COVID 19 vaccine (AztraZeneca, Janssen/J/J, Moderna, Novavax, Pfizer)
• Live, attenuated viral COVID 19 vaccine
• Uncertain which COVID 19 vaccine was administered

Question 24

Indefinite deferral is:

Answer 24

FUNCTIONALLY PERMANENT

Question 25

Process wherein blood is withdrawn from the donor and separated into its components; one or more of the components is retained and the remaining components are recombined and returned to the individual.

Answer 25

APHERESIS