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2. Current or Former Sexual Partner of Affected Individual

Obligatory

Refer to WBDSG entry for the condition.


If there is no specific entry or the entry has no guidance on assessing sexual partners, must not donate if:


a) The potential donor is undergoing, or waiting for, investigations. 

b) The potential donor required treatment and it is less than three months since completing that treatment.

c) The potential donor did not require treatment and it is less than three months from the last sexual contact with the infected partner.

Discretionary

a) If the donor’s sexual partner has been diagnosed with chlamydia, genital warts or genital herpes and the donor is not undergoing treatment or investigation, accept.


b) If there is no WBDSG entry for the condition, or the entry has no guidance on assessing sexual partners, and it is more than three months since the donor’s sexual partner completed treatment, accept.

See if Relevant

Blood Safety Entry

For chlamydia (excluding Lymphogranuloma Venereum) see:
Infection - Acute

For genital warts see:
Warts

For genital herpes see:
Herpes Simplex

For syphilis see:
Syphilis