Blood Bank Deferrals & Intervals

Whole blood interval

8 weeks (56 days)

Autologous donor interval

3 days (72 hours)

Double Red cell interval

16 weeks

Plateletpheresis interval

2 days

Occasional Plasmaphoresis Interval

4 weeks

Serial Plasmaphoresis Interval

2 days

Tegison

Permanent deferral

Growth Hormone

Permanent deferral

Insulin from cows

Permanent deferral

Memory enhancement drugs

Permanent deferral

Hepatitis B Immune Globulin (HBIG)

3 months

Flu shot, tetanus, toxoids or killed synthetic, bacterial or rickettsial vaccines

No deferral

Rubeola, mumps, polio, typhoid, yellow fever, Hep A or Hep B (live vaccines)

2 week deferral

Rubella, chickenpox (live vaccines)

4 week deferral

Smallpox

8 week deferral

HIV exposure

3 month deferral

Prostitute/needles/IV drugs

3 month deferral

Hepatitis exposure

3 month deferral

Needle stick/contact with others blood

3 month deferral

non-single use tattoo/piercing/electrolysis/acupuncture equipment used

3 month deferral

Prison for 72+ hours/hepatitis exposure

12 month deferral

HIV prevention INJECTION drugs used (PrEP or PEP)

2 year deferral

travel to Malaria endemic area

3 month deferral

lived in Malaria area

3 year deferral

traveled to Ebola areas

8 week deferral

having Ebola disease

Indefinite deferral

HIV positive

permanent deferral

HIV medication to treat infection taken

permanent deferral

been pregnant

no deferral (TRALI code needs to be entered)

Had Malaria

3 year deferral

received dura mater graft or xenotransplantation product

permanent deferral

Hematologic cancer

permanent deferral

childhood leukemia

3 year deferral

non-hematologic cancer after treatment completed

12 month referral

low-risk-in-situ conditions (skin)

no deferral

Heart or lung issue

free of symptoms for 6 months

bleeding condition or blood disease

needs approval from medical director

Babesia positive

indefinite deferral (2 years in endemic areas -continuously changing)

HBV, HCV, HIV

permanent deferral

Corneal transplant

12 month deferral

human pituitary derived growth hormone

permanent deferral

Cruetzfeldt-Jakob disease

permanent deferral

after endoscopic exam

no deferral (can’t send to Europe)

1980-1996 3 months in UK

permanent deferral

1980-2001 5 years in France or Ireland

permanent deferral

1980-present blood transfusion in UK, Ireland, or France

permanent deferral

west nile virus

3 month deferral after asymptomatic

severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)

3 month deferral after asymptomatic