Includes | Alcohol, body building drugs and injected non-prescribed drugs. |
Obligatory | Must not donate if: a) Has ever injected, or has been injected with, drugs; even a long time ago or only once. This includes bodybuilding drugs, injected tanning agents and injected chemsex drugs.
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Discretionary | a) If any injected drugs were prescribed for the donor by a registered health care professional for a condition that would not lead to exclusion, accept. |
See if Relevant | Blood Safety Entry |
Additional Information | Injecting drug users represent one of the groups of individuals within whom emerging infections have spread before they have been recognized. This was the case with HIV and HCV infection. Because of this, the BSQR requires that they are permanently excluded from becoming donors. It can be many years before any infection shows itself. Former drug users often do not realize that they can pass infection on to others many years after they last used drugs themselves. Previous use of non-injected drugs does not necessarily require exclusion.
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Information | Part of this entry is a requirement of the Blood Safety and Quality Regulations 2005. |
Reason for change | This entry has been revised to include guidance on the acceptance of donors who are prescribed medication to support their abstinence from alcohol. Other revisions to clarify the text. |
Donor Information | If you wish to obtain more information regarding a personal medical issue please contact your National Help Line. |
This entry was last updated in:
DSG-WB Edition 203, Release 65