Quick Review Cards for Medical Laboratory Science

Donor Deferrals (AABB)continued Immunohematology Review 420

DEFERRAL CONDITION

Permanent

Not all inclusive. Current as of date of publication. Check current AABB Technical Manual for updates.

Parenteral drug use

Family history of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Treatment with pituitary growth hormone of human origin

Viral hepatitis after 11th birthday

Confirmed positive HBsAg

Repeatedly reactive anti-HBc on >1 occasion

Repeatedly reactive HTLV on >1 occasion

Present or past clinical or laboratory evidence of infection with HIV, HCV, HTLV

History of babesiosis or Chagas’ disease