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

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Platelet Disorder

Obligatory	Must not donate if: a) Causes excessive bleeding or bruising and could be transmitted by stem cells. b) Has thromboctocytosis.
See if Relevant	Haematological Disease Immune Thrombocytopenia Thrombocytosis
Additional Information	Maternal platelet counts in excess of 500 x 10⁹should be repeated. If found to be persistently raised the mother should not be accepted and referred for investigation.
Reason for Change	Thrombocytosis' and relevant links have been added.

Update Information: This entry was last updated in
TDSG-CB Edition 203, Release 02