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Division 1 ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA FOR DONORS OF WHOLE BLOOD AND BLOOD COMPONENTS

United Kingdom

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Under exceptional circumstances, individual donations from donors who do not comply with the following criteria may be authorised by a qualified healthcare professional in the blood establishment. All such cases must be clearly documented and subject to the quality management provisions in Articles 11, 12, and 13 of Directive 2002/98/EC.

The following criteria do not apply to autologous donations.

  1. 1.1Age and body weight of donors
  2. 1.2Haemoglobin levels in donor's blood
  3. 1.3Protein levels in donor's blood
  4. 1.4Platelet levels in donor's blood