Blood donation

[NotAllThere]

Just received an email re: blood donation from the client. Part of it reads

Please note that in any of the following circumstances you may not donate blood:

· If you are under 18 years
· Within 72 hours of receiving dental treatment (including dental hygiene)
· Within four weeks of being immunised against yellow fever, cholera, typhoid fever, poliomyelitis,
measles, mumps, rubella or tuberculosis
· Within 48 hours of any other immunisation
· Within four weeks of having a temperature of more than 38°C
· If you have returned from a malarious area within the preceding six months
· If you have had a tattoo within the preceding six months
· If you have unhealed skin piercing

· If you were resident in Great Britain or Northern Ireland for more than 6 months between 1980 and 1996

BSE maybe?

[Spacecadet]

i see that use of hookers is off the list

[Churchill]

If you were resident in Great Britain or Northern Ireland for more than 6 months between 1980 and 1996

Well that's just wiped a shedload of donors from the list?

WTF?

[ctdctd]

Well that's just wiped a shedload of donors from the list?

WTF?

It's BSE - I can't give blood as I had a transfusion in 1980. Their loss as it's really good stuff as well!

The question from blood.org.uk reads "Have you received blood since January 1st 1980" so the OP may have a bit of typo from client co:-)

[sasguru]

Well that's just wiped a shedload of donors from the list?

WTF?

He's in Switzerland. They don't want poor quality British blood.

[Churchill]

He's in Switzerland. They don't want poor quality British blood.

Have you seen Heidi?

Now she was a mad cow!

[BrilloPad]

He's in Switzerland. They don't want poor quality British blood.

I suppose if they get British blood in their people they might stand up to evil dictators instead of burying their heads in the sand.

I once had a swiss work colleague try to convince me their army was a force to be reckoned with - particularly in the mountains.

[Troll]

Just received an email re: blood donation from the client. Part of it reads

Please note that in any of the following circumstances you may not donate blood:

· If you are under 18 years
· Within 72 hours of receiving dental treatment (including dental hygiene)
· Within four weeks of being immunised against yellow fever, cholera, typhoid fever, poliomyelitis,
measles, mumps, rubella or tuberculosis
· Within 48 hours of any other immunisation
· Within four weeks of having a temperature of more than 38°C
· If you have returned from a malarious area within the preceding six months
· If you have had a tattoo within the preceding six months
· If you have unhealed skin piercing

· If you were resident in Great Britain or Northern Ireland for more than 6 months between 1980 and 1996

BSE maybe?

UK Version
You should never give blood if:

1 You carry the hepatitis B virus, the hepatitis C virus or the HIV virus.
2 You're a man who's had sex with another man, even safe sex using a condom.

No pooftas

3 You've ever worked as a prostitute.
4 You've ever injected yourself with drugs - even once.

You should not give blood for 12 months after sex with:

1 A man who has had sex with another man (if you're a female).
2 A prostitute.
3 Anyone who has ever injected themselves with drugs.
4 Anyone with haemophilia or a related blood clotting disorder who has received clotting factor concentrates.

5 Anyone of any race who has been sexually active in parts of the world where AIDS/HIV is very common. This includes countries in Africa.

No matter how you word it, it still means darkies from Africa

[NotAllThere]

I once had a swiss work colleague try to convince me their army was a force to be reckoned with - particularly in the mountains

Yes. They go to pieces so quickly that people get hit by the shrapnel.

Not that Switzerland didn't collaborate, but given that they were entirely surrounded by Axis, or Axis-occupied nations, it's hard to see that they could have done much other than continue to trade.

The majority of Swiss were ideologically opposed to Nazi philosophy. This is why they weren't annexed like Austria was.

[HairyArsedBloke]

That lot will have eliminated about 70% of the UK.