Cytomegalovirus

Acceptability at Recruitment

ACCEPTABLE

Acceptability at CT / Work-Up

QUALIFIED

Individual at Risk

Recipient

Explanation of Condition

Member of the herpes virus family. It may cause a mild febrile illness or be completely asymptomatic in normal individuals. However, it can cause life-threatening infection in stem-cell transplant recipients.

Guidance

Accept at recruitment.

Allow 2 weeks from recovery before donation if evidence of acute infection.

If identified as CMV IgM postitive at work-up, the harvest centre should request CMV DNA PCR, and the transplant centre must be informed.

Pseudonyms or Related Conditions

CMV

Version

Version 1, Edition 1

Date of Last Update

15th June 2012