JPAC Joint United Kingdom (UK) Blood Transfusion and Tissue Transplantation Services Professional Advisory Committee

Tuberculin PPD Test

ObligatoryMust not donate unless:
No further investigations or treatment is planned
See if RelevantSarcoidosis
Tuberculosis
Additional InformationThe tuberculin PPD Test, sometimes known as a Mantoux test, is used to test for exposure to Tuberculosis, or to see if past immunisation with BCG remains effective. It is may also be used as part of the investigation of sarcoidosis.
Reason for changeThis is a new entry, replacing the previous entries for the Heaf test (now discontinued) and the Mantoux test.
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This entry was last updated in:
DSG-WB Edition 203, Release 01.