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That is interesting. I have always been told it was stricter than that - basically this: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1116429/ https://www.ncbi
by martinpw 7y ago
That is interesting. I have always been told it was stricter than that - basically this:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1116429/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1116429/
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has imposed a ban on blood donations from anyone who has spent more than six months in Britain from 1980 to 1997 because of the possible risk of transmitting the human form of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, known as variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD)
Nothing about receiving a transfusion there, just having lived in the UK was enough to make you ineligible to donate.
The American Red Cross restriction is weaker. Can anyone clarify?
- javagram 7y agoLooking at the Red Cross page there is a separate travel section which says “ Persons who have spent long periods of time in countries where "mad cow disease" is found are not eligible to donate. This requirement is related to concerns about variant Creutzfeld Jacob Disease (vCJD). See - Eligibility Reference Material“ So i think there is a travel restriction and a transfusion restriction which are independent.