Immunisation, non-live - Cord blood

Essential information

Excludes

Post-exposure. See Immunisation.

Obligatory

No exposure:

Hepatitis B:
Must not donate if:
Less than 7 days after administration

Discretionary

Other non-live immunisations, accept.

Supporting information

Additional information

Sensitive assays for HBsAg may be positive following recent immunisation. Full screening for Hepatitis B may be required.

Note, hepatitis A immunisation may be combined with hepatitis B immunisation.

Non-live immunisations do not use material that can cause infection. This means there is no risk to people receiving donated material from a recently immunised non-exposed donor.

Reason for change:

To remove Coronavirus Vaccination from obligatory section, and additional information section updated.

Version details:

CB-DSG Edition 203 Release 54 (18 April 2024)