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Hepatitis E
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Obligatory | Must not donate if:
Less than 6 months from recovery. | Discretionary | If fully recovered, and documented HEV RNA negative, anti HEV IgG positive after recovery, accept. | See if Relevant | Travel | Additional Information | Hepatitis E is an infectious hepatitis that is usually spread through contaminated food or water. Infection may be associated with travel to countries with poor hygiene/sewage conditions but increasingly, cases of hepatitis E are being identified in the UK usually due to consumption of undercooked contaminated meat. Hepatitis E can affect non-human animals and has been found in pigs in the UK. There have been reports of transmission by transfusion. Infection in healthy individuals is often symptom free but in people with underlying problems in their immune systems it can be serious and occasionally fatal. The Blood Services do not currently test for this infection. | Update Information | This entry was last updated in:
DSG-WB Edition 203, Release 31. | Reason for change | The obligatory deferral has been reduced from 12 to 6 months and a discretion to accept on full recovery added. Additional Information has been updated.
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Obligatory | Must not donate if:
Less than 6 months from recovery of current sexual partner, or from last sexual contact if a former sexual partner. | Discretionary | If partner has fully recovered, and documented that partner is HEV RNA negative, anti HEV IgG positive after recovery, accept. | Additional Information | There is a small risk of transmitting the infection through sexual activity. Infection may be symptom free but can be serious and occasionally fatal. The exclusion allows any infection to run its natural course and for any risk of passing the infection on through donation to have passed. | Update Information | This entry was last updated in:
DSG-WB Edition 203, Release 31. | Reason for change | The obligatory deferral has been reduced from 12 to 6 months and a discretion to accept on full recovery added. Additional Information has been updated. |
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Obligatory | Must not donate if:
Less than 6 months from recovery of the last affected person in the home, or from the last contact if no longer sharing. | Discretionary | If last affected/ infected person has fully recovered, and it is documented that this person is HEV RNA negative, anti HEV IgG positive after recovery, accept. | Additional Information | Hepatitis E may be spread by the faecal - oral route but in the UK is usually associated with infected meat. Person-to-person spread is rare by household contact but families may be consuming the same food and therefore have been exposed to the same source of infection. Infection may be symptom free but can be serious and occasionally fatal. The exclusion allows any infection to run its natural course and for any risk of passing the infection on through donation to have passed. | Update Information | This entry was last updated in:
DSG-WB Edition 203, Release 31. | Reason for change | The obligatory deferral has been reduced from 12 to 6 months and a discretion to accept on full recovery added. Additional Information has been updated. |
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