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I had this situation with a donor, who said his wife has ‘antibodies to Hepatitis B’ in the past,in 2001, although he didn’t know what antibodies and whether she was vaccinated. He said she didn’t have hepatitis. Since we weren’t sure what antibodies she actually had, (it could have been core antibodies), we deferred him that visit and asked him to bring records. (For household contact with a person with hepatitis, the deferral period is 12 months). The donor was not happy with us deferring him. What do you guys think of the whole situation? Even if the wife had core antibodies, she most likely resolved infection at this point, since’ she doesn’t have hepatitis’. Do you think it was appropriate that this donor was deferred until he brings his wife’s records? Or should we just have made a judgment call that the wife most likely has no active disease, and allowed him to donate?

Thanks for all the replies. Does anyone know where the recommended guideline of 10-15 ml/kg originated from? Was it derived based on factor concentration and how high you wanted to get the factor levels to? Thanks.

Is there a Standard as to how much minimum volume should be there in a unit of FFP? Also, do most hospitals issue FFP based on ml/kg or Units? Thanks.

I was looking for any guidelines(with references, if possible) as to how fast a bag of platelets can be safely transfused. Thanks!