| Definitions | Non-Consented Exposure to Human Body Fluids:
A non-consented injury or assault in which an individual is exposed to potentially infective material that could be transferred through donation. The causes may range from a sharps injury to bites, punches and abrasions or sexual assault where mucous membranes have been contaminated with human blood or other body fluids. It also applies to any inoculation injury with abnormal prions from any species. |
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| Discretionary | Accept. | | See if Relevant | Infectious Diseases - Contact With
Non-Contagious Diseases - Contact With | | Additional Information | Health care workers should normally be accepted. It is however important to ensure that they have not suffered any relevant events that might put them at risk of infection.
It is also important to ensure that they have not been put at significant risk of infectious diseases through patient or sample contact that may prevent them from donating. Such contact would be exceptional and they should be aware of any potential threat to their own health.
Contact with MRSA and other common hospital acquired infections should not normally prevent donation. |
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| Reason for change | The ‘Definitions’ section was updated as part of the implementation of recommendations from the FAIR study. |
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Please do not contact this web site for personal medical queries, as we are not in a position to provide individual answers. |