Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Vaccine

[Cliff]

What are your policies for donor deferral for RSV vaccine?

Thank you

[Neil Blumberg]

Not in a blood collection center, so no policy.  But scientifically there is no rationale for donor deferment.  The vaccines are not live/attenuated but rather just protein with no potentially infectious material of concern to recipients.  The virus, in any case, should only infect respiratory mucosa and thus would represent minimal to no risk to recipients even if present in donor blood (similar to coronavirus and influenza).