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Northern Ireland
BLOOD TRANSFUSION SERVICE
Issued by JPAC: 31 January 2017
Implementation: To be determined by each Service
Change Notification UK National Blood Services No. 03 - 2017
This change applies to the Whole Blood and Components Donor Selection
Guidelines
Central Nervous System Disease
Please modify “Obligatory” and “Reason for Change” as follows:
Obligatory
Must not donate if:
a) Has dementia (e.g. Alzheimer's disease).
b) History of CNS disease of unknown or suspected infective
origin (e.g. multiple sclerosis (MS), optic neuritis, clinically
isolated syndrome, transverse myelitis,
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD)).
c) Neurodegenerative conditions of unknown aetiology.
d) Stroke, subarachnoid haemorrhage, transient ischaemic
attack/s or cerebral embolus.
e) Malignant tumour.
f) Parkinson’s Disease.
g) If having symptoms related to hypotension while taking
dopamine receptor agonist drugs such as rotigotine, ropinirole
and pramipexole.
Reason for change
Clarification on dopamine receptor agonist drugs. Clinically
Isolated Syndrome has been added.
Dr Sheila MacLennan
Professional Director - Joint UKBTS Professional Advisory Committee
Direct Dial: (0113) 820 8638
[email protected]
Joint UKBTS Professional Advisory Committee (JPAC)
JPAC Office
NHS Blood and Transplant
Longley Lane, SHEFFIELD, S5 7JN
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Tel: 0114 358 4903
Fax: 0114 358 4494
Email: [email protected]