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==Acceptability at Recruitment==
 
==Acceptability at Recruitment==
NOT ACCEPTABLE
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Qualified
  
 
==Acceptability at CT / Work-Up==
 
==Acceptability at CT / Work-Up==
NOT ACCEPTABLE
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Qualified
  
 
==Individual at Risk==
 
==Individual at Risk==
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==Guidance==
 
==Guidance==
May develop chronic carrier status. Unacceptable.
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If more than seven days from completion of antibiotic course and last symptoms, accept.
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Justification: Typhoid and paratyphoid are gastrointestinal infections which rarely have a chronic carrier state. It is usually caught while travelling. It is passed by the faecal-oral route and is not transfusion transmitted.
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https://www.transfusionguidelines.org/dsg/bm/guidelines/in004-infection-chronic
  
 
==Pseudonyms or Related Conditions==
 
==Pseudonyms or Related Conditions==

Latest revision as of 07:25, 24 August 2018

Acceptability at Recruitment

Qualified

Acceptability at CT / Work-Up

Qualified

Individual at Risk

Recipient

Explanation of Condition

Bacterial Infection causing rash, fever and diarrhoea.

See also [1]

Guidance

If more than seven days from completion of antibiotic course and last symptoms, accept.

Justification: Typhoid and paratyphoid are gastrointestinal infections which rarely have a chronic carrier state. It is usually caught while travelling. It is passed by the faecal-oral route and is not transfusion transmitted. https://www.transfusionguidelines.org/dsg/bm/guidelines/in004-infection-chronic

Pseudonyms or Related Conditions

Version

Version 1, Edition 1

Date of Last Update

15th June 2012