Condition
Household contact of person with hepatitis B infection
Individual at risk
Recipient
Guidance at RECRUITMENT for adult volunteer donor and maternal donor (cord blood donation)
Acceptable if donor can prove to be hepatitis B surface antibody positive.
Guidance at CT/WORK-UP
Donor may be accepted only if:
Donor is negative for all markers
OR
Donor is hep B core antibody positive, heb B surface antigen negative and hep B surface antibody has been documented to be more than 100 iu/l at some time.
Justification for GUIDANCE
Hepatitis B infection can be passed to close household contacts and might be passed on to recipient by transplant of stem cells.
Notes
This advice is a requirement of the EU Tissues and Cells Directive.