XMRV - (UK) Blood Transfusion and Tissue Transplantation - Guidelines

[Bob]

New UK guidelines re XMRV for blood transfusion and tissue transplantation.


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

http://www.transfusionguidelines.org.uk/dsg/std/guidelines/xm001-xmrv

XMRV

Discretionary
Donors who have been tested positive for XMRV, accept.

Additional Information
As there is no evidence that XMRV is implicated in human disease, a positive test is not a bar to donation.

Reason for Change
This is a new entry.

 

[SOC]

Let's hope they know what they're doing. (yeah, right)

 

[Bob]

Let's hope they know what they're doing. (yeah, right)

"Nothing to see here. Move on."

 

[alex3619]

Yet what is the current guideline for CFS/ME as they call it in the UK?

 

[barbc56]

If you are sick, at least in the US, you can't donate blood.

Whether you tested positive is a moot point, IMHO.

 

[SOC]

If you are sick, at least in the US, you can't donate blood.

Whether you tested positive is a moot point, IMHO.

Ah, but in the UK people with ME are only psychologically ill, not physically ill, right? So that would be no barrier to blood or tissue donation. Sheesh

 

[alex3619]

If you are sick, at least in the US, you can't donate blood.

Whether you tested positive is a moot point, IMHO.

Yes @barbc56, its the same in Australia.

 

[WillowJ]

pretty sure the question is meant to be "Feeling healthy and well today?", which says nothing about eitiology

 

[barbc56]

How about, this? "When was the last time you felt well?" You say nothing until the question is asked again and you reply, "Shhhhhhhhh, I'm still counting backwards."

Or something like that.


Barb