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

Contraceptive Use

DiscretionaryAccept.
See if RelevantAnaesthetic
Pregnancy
Surgery
Additional InformationIf a female donor has been pregnant in the last nine months, see Pregnancy.

The use of contraceptives should not normally be a reason to defer a donor. However if surgery (leaving a wound), a local anaesthetic or sedation was required to introduce a contraceptive within the last seven days, please see the entry on 'Surgery' or 'Anaesthesia' as appropriate.
Reason for changeAdvice in additional information has been brought in line with that for Surgery and Anaesthesia.
Donor InformationIf you wish to obtain more information regarding a personal medical issue please contact your National Help Line.

Please do not contact this web site for personal medical queries, as we are not in a position to provide individual answers.

Update Information

This entry was last updated in:
DSG-WB Edition 203, Release 04 Issue 02.