Obligatory | Must not donate if:
a) Malignant.
b) A clonal disorder, e.g. primary polycythaemia (rubra vera), essential thrombocythaemia or monoclonal gammopathy of unknown significance (MGUS). |
Discretionary | a) If following specialist investigation a polycythaemia is not diagnosed as Polycythaemia Rubra Vera and no treatment or further investigation is planned, accept
b) If following specialist investigation a thrombocythaemia is not diagnosed as Essential Thrombocythaemia and no treatment or further investigation is planned, accept
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See if Relevant | Anaemia
Haemochromatosis
Haemoglobin Disorders
Haemolytic Anaemia
Immune Thrombocytopenia
Malignancy
Polycythaemia |
Additional Information | Clonal disorders result from the proliferation of a single cell. Because they have the potential to become malignant they are treated in the same way as malignancy. |
Information | This is a requirement of the Blood Safety and Quality Regulations 2005. |
Reason for change | Discretions to accept non-clonal disorders have been added.
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