blood donation from COVID-19 patient

Q; What's the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommendation regarding blood donation from COVID-19 patient?

Answer: FDA does not recommend testing donated blood for the COVID-19 virus. There is no documented case of COVID-19 transmission via blood donation so far. A COVID-19 person is OK to donate blood if

- symptomatic but the illness resolved more than 10 days prior to blood donation

- asymptomatic but a positive test for the virus (antigen, nucleic acid) was more than 10 days prior

Similarly, a person with suspected COVID like symptoms or close-contact with an individual with SARS-CoV-2 infection should not donate blood for 10 days.

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References:

1. https://www.aabb.org/regulatory-and-advocacy/regulatory-affairs/infectious-diseases/coronavirus (Accessed on January 07, 2023).

2. FDA Updated Information for Blood Establishments Regarding the COVID-19 Pandemic and Blood Donation https://www.fda.gov/vaccines-blood-biologics/safety-availability-biologics/updated-information-blood-establishments-regarding-covid-19-pandemic-and-blood-donation (Accessed on January 07, 2023)