| Obligatory | Must not donate if: a) The inoculation site has not yet healed. b) Less than four weeks after inoculation. |
| Additional Information | BCG is an immunization with live bacteria. By four weeks, the infection caused by the inoculation should have been controlled. If the wound has not healed it is possible that there may still be infection present. We do not want to pass BCG, or other infections, on to people receiving donated material. |
| Reason for Change | Advice has been given from SACTTI that a period of four weeks is sufficient to ensure that there would be no circulating virus or bacteria at time of donation for live immunizations other than smallpox. |