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

Travel information

Airport Stopovers

Travel risks do not apply for transit through an airport during which the traveller has not left the airport. When the donor's visit to a country has consisted only of an airport stopover there is no need to refer to the Geographical Disease Risk Index.

Sea Travel and Port Stopovers

Travel risks apply to time in port or if anchored offshore and should be assessed as time on land.

Overland Travel

Travel risks apply if the donor has travelled through a malaria area e.g. by car or train.

 

This page was last updated in GDRI Edition 002 Release 52.

Last updated 06/11/2025