Hi

Could anyone tell about the citation "Blood Donation waiting period in non-infectious Jaundice" from AABB/FDA.

We have policy of waiting up to 4 years for "Jaundice".

Since jaundice is a sysmpton not a disease, it all depends on the cause of the jaundice. For example, if the jaundice is caused by alcohol, gall bladder disease, Gilbert's Disease, hemochromatosis, nutritional deficiency, poison or other non-viral causes then, the donor is acceptable as long as they are sympton free on the day of donation. If the jaundice was due viruses like CMV, Epstein-Barr or Hepatitis A, B, C, D, E, or if the jaundice happened after the age of 10 then, we defer the donor indefinitely.

Hope that helps!

Hi

As per the AABB protocol, if anybody has developed jaudice due to Hepatitis causing viruses, after the eleventh Birthday, he should be rejected for life. But it still surproses me why the different countries in Asia stick onto the 4 year or 5 year deferral period for Hepatitis... (That too .many Blood banks dont do the screening for anti HBc in Donors.....) Maybe that explains the reason for more cases of PTH there..?

with regards,

engeekay2003