| Date Posted |
Subject |
| Mar. 14, 2012 |
Blood Donor Malaria Deferral for Travel to Cancun ADDENDA Mar. 29 & April 20 |
| Dec. 13, 2011 |
Handling an HBsAg Positive, NAT negative Donor |
| Sept. 30, 2011 |
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (Hypermobility Type) and blood donor eligibility ADDENDA Oct. 6 & 10 |
| Sept. 21, 2011 |
CDC yellow travel book and web-map to qualify blood donors for malaria risk travel ADDENDA Sept. 30 & Oct. 6 |
| June 11, 2011 |
What countries comprise Europe with respect to donor qualifications? |
| May 19, 2011 |
Update on pregnancy C & D drug deferrals requested |
| Sept. 30, 2010 |
Deferral for Herpes Zoster? |
| Aug. 6, 2010 |
What is the deferral period from platelet donation following use of medication? |
| May 31, 2010 |
Deferrals for atherosclerotic disease ADDENDA June 9 |
| Aug. 25, 2009 |
Donations by individuals with cutaneous leishmaniasis |
| Aug. 18, 2009 |
Blood donations from individuals with porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) |
| Aug. 11, 2009 |
Influenza viremia and the potential for blood-borne transmission |
| June 12, 2009 |
FDA Remains Firm on Lifetime Deferral for Gay Men (ABC article) |
| May 23, 2009 |
Is darker-colored FFP safe to transfuse? ADDENDA May 26 & July 1 |
| Apr. 10, 2009 |
Deferral for biologics such as TNF-alpha receptor blockers? ADDENDA July 1, 2 & 26 |
| Mar. 19, 2009 |
Deferral interval for whole
blood donation after paid plasma donation |
| Mar. 6, 2009 |
How
do you handle Hemoglobin S positive donors? ADDENDA Mar. 12 & 24 |
| Feb. 26, 2009 |
Blood
donations by partygoers to RAVE parties ADDENDA Mar.
16 |
| July 18, 2008 |
California State Donor Deferral Registry list |
| Feb. 10, 2008 |
Do
donor centers defer US Navy servicemen who served on Navy ships in
Europe because of vCJD exposure risk? |
| Jan. 25, 2008 |
Use of biometrics in blood
banking to identify donors and transfusion recipients ADDENDA Mar. 4, Apr. 7 & June 25 |
| Apr. 19, 2007 |
What are the requirements and practices of other blood centers in California for accepting 16-year old donors? ADDENDA June 22, 2008 |
| Nov. 20, 2006 |
Do blood collection centers defer donors, either whole blood or apheresis, who are taking an ACE-inhibitor, regardless of the diagnosis? ADDENDA Nov. 21 |
| Nov. 13, 2006 |
Should stricter physical exam criteria be used for qualifying prospective blood donors over 60 years of age? |
| Oct. 16, 2006 |
Management of donor registration forms found to be incomplete or lacking donor's signature following donation ADDENDA Oct. 16, 18 & 26 |
| Sept. 5, 2006 |
How do Blood Donor Collection Centers (including hospital sites) manage donor consent for incompetent adults who present as prospective blood donors? ADDENDA Sept. 12 & 28 |
| June 28, 2006 |
Should donors be deferred due to low WBC counts after automated Platelets, Pheresis collections? ADDENDA June 29, 2006 |
| June 5, 2006 |
Managing repeat blood donors who have adverse donor reactions on multiple occasions ADDENDA June 11 & 19 |
| Feb. 13, 2006 |
Should a prospective blood donor be deferred merely because they have had sexual contact with an individual who had a reactive HIV 1/2 antibody screening test followed by a negative or indeterminate Western Blot plus a negative HIV-1 NAT? ADDENDA Feb. 14 & 15 |
| Dec. 13, 2005 |
Is there any reason to defer donors with hemoglobin J variant? ADDENDA Dec. 14 |
| Sept. 1, 2005 |
Proficiency testing requirements for hemoglobin testing performed in donor suitability determination |
| July 26, 2005 |
Definition of post donation illness qualifying for 120 day "possible" West Nile Virus deferral |
| July 8, 2005 |
A survey on the use of social security numbers to identify volunteer blood donors ADDENDA July 21 |
| July 5, 2005 |
Qualifying repeat platelet pheresis donors with regards to platelet counts when collecting from individuals donating more frequently than every 8 weeks |
| April 25, 2005 |
Deferral policies for prospective platelet apheresis donors taking herbal supplements |
| April 22, 2005 |
Eligibility of a prospective blood donor who has an intrathecal morphine pump for spinal disk pain ADDENDA Apr. 26 |
| April 14, 2005 |
Should plateletpheresis donors be routinely screened for evidence of platelet dysfunction? ADDENDA Apr. 25 & 26 |
| April 1, 2005 |
Under what circumstances can an individual who lost a kidney due to trauma be an eligible blood donor? ADDENDA Apr. 2 & 8 |
| Mar. 3, 2005 |
When is a very slow pulse rate in a healthy appearing young man cause for concern? |
| Feb. 20, 2005 |
Should taking selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) be a factor in donor selection and/or the products manufactured from such a donation? ADDENDA Mar. 4 |
| Dec. 18, 2004 |
Deferral policies for prospective blood donors who have been "branded" as a result of pledging a fraternity ADDENDA Dec. 21 & 27 |
| Dec. 18, 2004 |
Eligibility of prospective blood donors who have had a conjugal visit within the past 12 months with an individual who is incarcerated in prison ADDENDA Dec. 21 |
| Dec. 10, 2004 |
Eligibility of prospective blood donors who have autoimmune disease |
| Dec. 6, 2004 |
Donor deferral period after receipt of Rh immunoglobulin ADDENDA Dec. 10 |
| Oct. 19, 2004 |
Donor deferral for recipients of nasal spray flu vaccine ADDENDA Oct. 20 |
| Sept. 15, 2004 |
Donor eligibility for persons with systemic lupus erythematosus |
| Sept. 7, 2004 |
Deferral policies on donors unable to definitively ascertain the source of prior insulin injections ADDENDA Sept. 8 |
| July 1, 2004 |
Questions about the new Uniform Donor History Questionnaire |
| May 30, 2004 |
Policies on the management of hearsay information received about otherwise qualified blood donors ADDENDA June 3 & 4; Aug. 3, 2006 |
| May 18, 2004 |
Eligibility of prospective blood donors known to have G6PD deficiency ADDENDA May 18, 24 & 27 |
| May 17, 2004 |
Guidelines on the acceptance criteria of annual testing performed on plasmapheresis donors |
| Mar. 25, 2004 |
Deferral policies for prospective donors who have undergone laparoscopic surgery ADDENDA Mar. 29 |
| Jan. 15, 2004 |
Should volunteer whole blood donors be allowed to donate more often than every 8 weeks during critical blood shortages? ADDENDA Jan. 15 & 21; May 7, 2008 |
| Jan. 7, 2004 |
What do blood collection centers do with donors who are implicated in TRALI, and those whose blood is at high risk of causing TRALI? ADDENDA July 30, 2004; June 3, 2005; Nov. 15, 2006; Jan. 26 & 29; Feb. 5 & 26, 2007 |
| Sept 7, 2003 |
Is a person with a history of filariasis eligible to make a blood donation? |
| Aug 5, 2003 |
Questionnaires to identify donors or staff who might have latex allergy ADDENDA Aug. 6 & 7 |
| Aug 4, 2003 |
Managing a healthy blood donor who has a positive direct antiglobulin test (DAT) ADDENDA Aug. 5 & 14 |
| July 28, 2003 |
Asymptomatic chlamydia urinary tract infection (UTI) and donor eligibility ADDENDA July 30 |
| June 30, 2003 |
Management of deferral during a computerized donor health history ADDENDA July 1 & 7 |
| June 30, 2003 |
What forms of proof of identity are required of prospective blood donors? ADDENDA July 1, 3 & 5; Nov. 12, 2006 |
| June 8, 2003 |
Donor eligibility of a man who dresses as a woman in anticipation of sex change surgery ADDENDA June 9, 10, 11 & 12; Feb. 27 & Mar. 10, 2004; Apr. 28 & May 22, 2007 |
| Apr. 13, 2003 |
Should the California Donor Deferral Register be eliminated? ADDENDA April 15, 16, 17, 22, & 23, July 5, Sept. 23, 24 & 25 |
| Mar. 31, 2003 |
Should a prospective donor be deferred following exposure to 'SARS'? ADDENDA April 2, 12 & 18 |
| Mar. 16, 2003 |
Should persons with thrombophilia be accepted as blood donors? ADDENDA Mar. 21, 29 & 31 |
| Feb. 11, 2003 |
Should a victim of date-rape be deferred as a blood donor? ADDENDA Feb. 12 & 18 |
| Feb. 8, 2003 |
When is a very slow pulse rate in a fit elderly blood donor a cause for concern? ADDENDA Feb. 10, June 3, 4, 5 & 7 |
| Jan. 9, 2003 |
Is anyone aware of donor information materials in braille for blind/sight-impaired persons? ADDENDA Jan. 10, 15 & 16 |
| Jan. 1, 2003 |
What is the risk of transmission of Lyme Disease by blood donated years after recovery from an untreated infection? |
| Dec. 29, 2002 |
Policies for managing donors and blood products in countries endemic for malaria ADDENDA Dec. 30 |
| Oct. 31, 2002 |
Should sickle cell trait individuals be eligible to make plateletpheresis donations? |
| Oct. 29, 2002 |
Are concerns about recent aspirin ingestion by whole blood donors justified? ADDENDA Oct. 30 & 31 |
| Oct. 24, 2002 |
What are the upper and lower hemoglobin/hematocrit levels used by blood collection centers to decide when to refer a donor for further medical evaluation? |
| Oct. 1, 2002 |
Donor deferral following widespread smallpox vaccination ADDENDA Oct. 2 & 3, Nov. 26; Jan 31, 2005 |
| Aug. 29, 2002 |
Problem with California State Donor Deferral File of Aug 1, 2002 |
| June 10, 2002 |
Prospective donors with rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, a history of Guillain-Barre syndrome ADDENDA June 11 REACTIVATED with ADDENDA Jan. 8, 2004 |
| April 4, 2002 |
Deferral from blood donation of individuals who received human growth hormone |
| Nov. 29, 2001 |
Deferral of blood donors who use Dietary Supplements containing non-US bovine materials |
| Nov. 23, 2001 |
Deferral of a whole blood donor over CJD concerns
because of a bovine jaw/dental implant ADDENDA Nov.
26 & Jan. 10, 2002; Feb. 6 & Mar. 11, 2008 |
| Nov. 12, 2001 |
Blood donations by insulin-dependent diabetics (even if the donor is on an insulin pump) ADDENDA Nov. 15 & 16 |
| Nov. 10, 2001 |
Eligibility to donate blood if a prospective blood donor is confined to a wheelchair ADDENDA Nov. 11, 13 & 14; Mar. 21, 2002 |
| Nov. 3, 2001 |
Donor deferral for taking medication ADDENDA Nov. 12 & 21; Mar. 15 & 16, 2003; Jan. 14, Feb. 12 & Apr. 21, 2007 |
| Oct. 30, 2001 |
Donor suitability in the presence of an IRREGULAR pulse ADDENDA Oct. 31, Nov. 1 & Nov. 12 |
| Oct. 23, 2001 |
Donor deferral for cancer and for foreign travel ADDENDA Oct. 24, 25, 26 & 27 |
| Oct. 5, 2001 |
Deferring donors for traveling to Europe ADDENDA Oct. 6 & 8 |
| June 24, 2001 |
If a CBC before plateletpheresis reveals an abnormal WBC count, should the donor be deferred? ADDENDA June 25, 29 & July 6, 2001 |
| May 27, 2001 |
Expanding the elimination of donors who have spent time in the UK and Europe - Can we afford to lose more donors for a theoretic benefit of preventing vCJD from blood transfusion? ADDENDA May 28 & 29, Aug. 30, 2001 and Jan. 10, 2002 |
| April 19, 2001 |
Eating and Blood Donation ADDENDA Apr. 22 & July 16, 2001 |
| Nov. 18, 2000 |
Who uses a computer to perform the donor questionnaire? ADDENDA Nov. 30 |
| Oct. 19, 2000 |
Collecting allogeneic units from donors with hemochromatosis? ADDENDA Oct. 29, Nov. 2, 9 and 10; Aug. 29 & Sept. 1, 2006 |
| Sept. 26, 2000 |
Does the "rationale" for deferral after receiving a tattoo apply to ear/skin piercing, acupuncture, and electrolysis? ADDENDA Oct 2 |
| Sept. 25, 2000 |
Is the 12-month Deferral for Donors Who've Had Tattoos Still in Effect? ADDENDA Sept 27 |
| June 24, 2000 |
Donor deferral for allergy symptoms? |
| Jan. 9, 2000 |
Donor Eligibility After Herpes Meningitis? |
| Dec. 19, 1999 |
Desert Storm Veterans Still Banned from Donating Blood? |
| Nov. 29, 1999 |
Should Blood Donors Be Asked About Chagas Disease Risk Behavior? |
| Oct. 11, 1999 |
What are your policies for collection &/or transfusion of blood from donors with sickle cell trait? ADDENDA Nov. 11 |
| Feb. 28, 1999 |
Should persons who've had acupuncture be deferred as donors? |
| Feb. 21, 1999 |
Uniform Donor History Card - Which Questions Asked Orally? |
