JPAC Joint United Kingdom (UK) Blood Transfusion and Tissue Transplantation Services Professional Advisory Committee
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1. Person with confirmed or suspected COVID-19

Obligatory

Must not donate if:
 

Less than 7 days since resolution of symptoms due to confirmed or suspected COVID-19.

Discretionary

Eyes – Accept. See Additional Information.


For all other tissues:
 

a) Confirmed symptomatic infection (COVID-19) – if more than 7 days have passed since resolution of symptoms, accept.
 

b) Confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection following diagnostic test without clinical symptoms - if more than 7 days have passed since most recent confirmed diagnostic test, accept.


c) Suspected infection:

  • If testing was not performed, and if more than 7 days after resolution of symptoms, see Infection - Acute entry.
  • If testing was performed, and COVID-19 has been ruled out as a clinical diagnosis, see Infection - Acute entry.


d) For respiratory symptoms/failure not related to infection, or where COVID-19 was ruled out as a clinical diagnosis following testing, and if the underlying cause does not otherwise contradict donation, accept.


See Additional Information below.