2. Current or Former Sexual Partners of HCV Positive Individuals

Must not donate if
Less than 3 months from the last sexual contact

a) If less than 3 months from the last sexual contact and the donor/donor family reports that their current or former HCV positive partner has been successfully treated for hepatitis C infection and has been free of therapy for at least 6 months prior to the last sexual contact and continues in sustained remission, accept.
 

b) If more than 3 months since last sexual contact, accept.
 

Tissues Safety Entry

Confirmation of the success of treatment of the HCV positive partner is not required
Individuals who remain HCV RNA negative six months after completing treatment are likely to have been ‘cured’, with a risk of relapse of less than 1%
 

In the United Kingdom sexual transmission of HCV from an infected individual to a sexual partner is low, but not zero.

As the treated individual would have a very low (<1%) risk of relapse of infection and sexual transmission of the hepatitis C virus is rare, the transmission of hepatitis C from a successfully treated individual to a sexual partner is most unlikely. This guidance presumes that a validated NAT test for HCV is negative, if this test is stopped for any reason the guidance will change.
 

To include guidance for persons with treated and successfully cleared past Hepatitis C infection.