Donors Flashcards
What does aspirin do to platelets
Inactivates platelet function
Deferral for medication
Aspirin (ASA), feldene
2 days
Deferral for medication
Plavix or ticlid
14 days
(Plt inactivation)
Finasteride
Isotretinoin accutane
1 month
Tegison
Permanent
Deferral for medication
Human derived or bovine insulin
Indefinite
Vaccination deferral
Measels
Mumps
Thyroid
Yellow fever
2 weeks
Vaccination deferral
German measels (rubella)
Chicken pox
4 weeks
Vaccination deferral
HBIG or unlicensed
12 months
Vaccination deferral
Hep B and flu
No deferral
Travel deferral if someone lived, was an immigrant or a refugee of malaria endemic area
3 years
Travel deferral if you just visited a malaria endemic area
1 year
Travel deferral if you spent 3 months or more in the UK 80-96
Or 6 months there in a military base
Indefinite
Age for donation
16 years or whatever the law on the state is
Min weight for donation
110 lbs
Or 50 kg