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

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