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Acceptability at Recruitment
ACCEPTABLE
Acceptability at VT / Work-Up
QUALIFIED
Individual at Risk
Recipient
Explanation of Condition
Guidance
Inform transplant centre if vaccinated within the three months prior to harvest. Establish type of vaccination given and whether live-attenuated, killed or subunit.
Live vaccines
Guidance
Live-attenuated vaccines may theoretically cause disease in the immunocompromised recipient. For this reason, an 8 week deferral period applies. The deferral period may be shortened to four weeks by TC discretion is 1) The inoculation site has healed, and 2) The live vaccine was any vaccine other than smallpox.
Examples of live vaccines
Viral
Measles vaccine, mumps vaccine, rubella vaccine, chicken pox vaccine, oral polio vaccine (Sabin), yellow fever vaccine, and nasal-spray flu vaccine (including the seasonal flu nasal spray and the 2009 H1N1 flu nasal spray). Rabies vaccines are now available in two different attenuated forms, one for use in humans, and one for animal usage.
Bacterial
BCG vaccine, typhoid vaccine.
Hepatitis B vaccine
A 7 day deferral period before donation applies for Hepatitis B vaccination.
For Coronavirus. please see Coronavirus vaccination
For further information, see JPAC guidelines: https://www.transfusionguidelines.org/dsg/bm/appendices/appendix-3-table-of-immunizations
Pseudonyms or Related Conditions
Version
Version 1, Edition 1
Date of Last Update
15th June 2012
