Overseas Travel Deferral Criteria - vCJD or Mad Cow disease
Effective 2 October 2023, donors with geographical risk exposure to vCJD (stayed or lived in the United Kingdom, France, Ireland and other European countries during the affected period) can now make apheresis donations (plateletpheresis, plasmapheresis or double red cell donation). Apheresis donation is only at the Bloodbank@HSA.
For more information, visit:
https://www.hsa.gov.sg/blood-donation/variant-creutzfeldt-jakob-disease-(vcjd)-restriction
Please note our priority is always to provide the safest possible blood to all patients in need. Overseas travel to an area with a risk of insect-borne or animal-borne infections can result in infections that may be transmitted through blood transfusion by asymptomatic donors.
Our areas of concern related to infection risks with overseas travel are:
> Malaria
> Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease [vCJD or Mad Cow disease]
> Chagas Disease
> Zika Virus
For more information, please visit: https://www.hsa.gov.sg/blood-donation/can-i-donate