Asthma

Must not donate if:

a) Asthma is symptomatic.
 

b) Taking, or has completed, a course of oral or injected steroids lasting more than 3 weeks within the last six months.
 

c) The donor has needed long term (six months or more) treatment with oral or injected steroids within the last 12 months.
 

d) The donor has taken a short course (less than three weeks) of oral or injected steroids in the last seven days.
 

e) The donor has been treated with monoclonal antibodies, or other biological modalities, in the last six months.

If b), c) or d) above do not apply and the potential donor is asymptomatic at the time of donation, even if taking regular preventive treatment, including inhaled steroids, accept.

Infection - General
Monoclonal antibody therapy or other Biological Modalities
Steroid Therapy

Taking blood from a person with symptomatic asthma will lower the amount of oxygen the blood can carry and could make their symptoms worse.

Steroid therapy can hide the signs and symptoms of infection. Blood from an infected donor can be dangerous to the person receiving it.

Guidance has been added for donors treated with monoclonal antibodies and other biological modalities.

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