The following donors are not eligible to donate due to the risk of transmitting Creutzfeld Jakob Disease (CJD) and variant Creutzfeld Jakob Disease by blood transfusion.
- Donors who have been diagnosed with CJD, vCJD or any other Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSE).
- Donors who are considered to have an increased risk for CJD,
- Received a dura mater transplant,
- taken human pituitary-derived hormones,
- have one or more blood relatives diagnosed with familial prion disease (e.g., familial CJD, Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome (GSS) and fatal familial insomnia (FFI),
- received a corneal transplant.
- Donors who have received a blood transfusion in the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland or France between 1980 and present.
Donors who were previously deferred due to stay in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, France and other countries in Europe during the affected period may now donate by apheresis. To know more about the change in criteria, click here.