{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2006-17/annex-II/division-2/division-2.3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2006-17/annex-II/division-2/division-2.3.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2006/17",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Directive 2006/17/EC of 8 February 2006 implementing Directive 2004/23/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards certain technical requirements for the donation, procurement and testing of human tissues and cells (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2006-17",
  "path": "annex/II/division/2/division/2.3",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2.3",
  "heading": "When potential donors have lost blood and have recently received donated blood, blood components, colloids or crystalloids, blood testing may not be valid due to haemodilution of the sample. An algorithm must be applied to assess the degree of haemodilution in the following circumstances:",
  "text": "(a) ante-mortem blood sampling if blood, blood components and/or colloids were infused in the 48 hours preceding blood sampling or if crystalloids were infused in the hour preceding blood sampling;\n(b) post-mortem blood sampling if blood, blood components and/or colloids were infused in the 48 hours preceding death or if crystalloids were infused in the hour preceding death.\nTissue establishments may accept tissues and cells from donors with plasma dilution of more than 50 % only if the testing procedures used are validated for such plasma or if a pre-transfusion sample is available.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2006/17/annex/II/division/2/division/2.3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:38.416524+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}