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==Acceptability at Recruitment== | ==Acceptability at Recruitment== | ||
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==Acceptability at CT / Work-Up== | ==Acceptability at CT / Work-Up== | ||
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==Individual at Risk== | ==Individual at Risk== | ||
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==Guidance== | ==Guidance== | ||
| − | + | 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. | ||
| + | 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
Contents
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
