Special Donor Screening Protection Requirements

The blood bank, in addition to using established donor screening criteria to protect donors from ill effects of blood donation, shall: (A) define pertinent screening parameters and/or test levels which may indicate or contribute to a disease state; (B) inform the donor of all significant findings including disease risk(s) and, as necessary, provide medical counselling and/or referral. The blood bank may establish a tier system in responding to degrees of disease risk(s). It is not necessary for the defined action parameters/levels to correspond to the ranges resulting in donor deferral.