JPAC Joint United Kingdom (UK) Blood Transfusion and Tissue Transplantation Services Professional Advisory Committee

Death from Unknown Causes

ObligatoryMust not donate.
DiscretionaryIf there is nothing to suggest that the retrieval of the tissues would be hazardous to staff and a post-mortem examination establishes that the cause/s of death would not exclude donation, accept.
Reason for ChangeThere has been a change to the wording of 'Discretionary' to better reflect the EU Tissue Directive.

Update Information

This is a requirement of the EU Tissue & Cells Directive.

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