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

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 in the incubation period, seek public health advice to determine the risk.