Haematological Disease

Obligatory	Must not donate if: a) Malignant. b) A clonal disorder, e.g. primary polycythaemia (rubra vera), essential thrombocythaemia or monoclonal gammopathy of unknown significance (MGUS).
Discretionary	a) If following specialist investigation a polycythaemia is not diagnosed as Polycythaemia Rubra Vera, or another myeloproliferative neoplasm, and no treatment or further investigation is planned, accept b) If following specialist investigation a thrombocythaemia, or another myeloproliferative neoplasm, is not diagnosed as Essential Thrombocythaemia and no treatment or further investigation is planned, accept
See if Relevant	Anaemia Haemochromatosis Haemoglobin Disorders Haemolytic Anaemia Immune Thrombocytopenia Malignancy Polycythaemia and Raised Haemoglobin
Additional Information	Clonal disorders result from the proliferation of a single cell. Because they have the potential to become malignant they are treated in the same way as malignancy.
Information	This is a requirement of the Blood Safety and Quality Regulations 2005.
Reason for change	The discretionary and see if relevant sections have been updated to include the revised Polycythaemia and Raised Haemoglobin entry.
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Update Information: This entry was last updated in:
DSG-WB Edition 203, Release 58