UK Blood Transfusion & Tissue Transplantation Services
Cord Blood
Donor Selection Guidelines


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Central Nervous System Disease

Obligatory
Must not donate if:
a) Dementia.

b) History of CNS disease of suspected infective origin (e.g. multiple sclerosis & Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD)).

c) Neurodegenerative conditions of unknown aetiology (e.g. Parkinson's disease).
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This is a requirement of the EU Tissue & Cells Directive.

This entry was last updated in
TDSG-CB Edition 203, Release 02