Steroid Therapy

1. Must not donate if:

a) Regularly taking steroid tablets, injections or enemas, or applying creams over large areas.


b) The donor has needed treatment to suppress an autoimmune condition in the last 12 months.

c) Less than seven days after completing a course of oral or injected steroids for disorders associated with allergy.

2. Bone Marrow Donor:
Inform anaesthetist if:
Course of steroids in last month.

a) If occasional use of creams over small areas of skin for minor skin complaints, accept.

b) If using steroid inhalers for prophylaxis, accept.

Autoimmune Disease
Liver Disease
Skin Disease
Tissue and Cell Allograft Recipients

Steroid therapy in high doses causes immunosuppression. This may mask infective and inflammatory conditions that would otherwise prevent donation.

To clarify when donors who have used steroid therapy may donate.