Condition

Current sexual partner 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 Hep B surface antibody positive

Guidance at CT/WORK-UP

Donor may be accepted only if donor is:

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 present.

Justification for guidance

Hepatitis B infection is sexually transmitted 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.