JPAC Joint United Kingdom (UK) Blood Transfusion and Tissue Transplantation Services Professional Advisory Committee
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2. Contact with an individual with Mpox

Includes

Individuals who have been identified by public health teams as a close contact of an individual with Mpox.

Obligatory

Must not donate

Discretionary

If it is more than 21 days since last contact, and

  • the donor has no symptoms of Mpox, and
  • the donor had completed any isolation period, and
  • the donor had been discharged from all follow-up (including surveillance by public health), and
  • the donor fulfils the criteria in section 3 below regarding vaccination of applicable,

accept.

Post Donation Illness

If the donor has retrospectively reported contact with Mpox within incubation period, donation could be discarded or seek public health advice to determine the risk.