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# Healthcare worker - Whole blood and components

## Essential information

Definition/s

  Non-consented exposure to human body fluids:

  A non-consented injury or assault in which an individual is exposed to potentially infective material that could be transferred through donation. The causes may range from a sharps injury to bites, punches and abrasions, or sexual assault where mucous membranes have been contaminated with human blood or other body fluids. It also applies to any inoculation injury with abnormal prions from any species.

### Scenarios

History of non-consented exposure to human body fluids

Obligatory

  See Non-consented exposure to human body fluids

No history of non-consented exposure to human body fluids

Discretionary

  Accept.

See if relevant
  - Infectious diseases, contact with
  - Non-contagious diseases, contact with

## Supporting information

Additional information

  Healthcare workers should normally be accepted. It is, however, important to ensure that they have not suffered any relevant events that might put them at risk of infection.

  It is also important to ensure that they have not been put at significant risk of infectious diseases through patient or sample contact that may prevent them from donating. Such contact would be exceptional and they should be aware of any potential threat to their own health.

  Contact with methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and other common hospital acquired infections should not normally prevent donation.

Reason for change:
  The ‘Definitions’ section was updated as part of the implementation of recommendations from the FAIR study.
Version details:

  WB-DSG Edition 203 Release 57 (26 May 2021)

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