The Blood Safety and Quality Regulations 2005

However, the following deferral periods shall apply for the infections listed in the table:

Brucellosis (*)	2 years following the date of full recovery
Osteomyelitis	2 years after confirmed cured
Q fever (*)	2 years following the date of confirmed cure
Syphilis (*)	1 year following the date of confirmed cure
Toxoplasmosis (*)	6 months following the date of clinical recovery
Tuberculosis	2 years following the date of confirmed cure
Rheumatic fever	2 years following the date of cessation of symptoms, unless evidence of chronic heart disease
Fever >38°C	2 weeks following the date of cessation of symptoms
Flu-like illness	2 weeks after cessation of symptoms
Malaria (*)
— individuals who have lived in a malarial area within the first five years of life	3 years following return from last visit to any endemic area, provided person remains symptom free; may be reduced to 4 months if an immunologic or molecular genomic test is negative at each donation.
— individuals with a history of malaria	3 years following cessation of treatment and absence of symptoms. Donations may be accepted thereafter only if an immunologic or molecular genomic test is negative
— asymptomic visitors to endemic areas	6 months after leaving the endemic area unless an immunologic or molecular genomic test is negative
— individuals with a history of undiagnosed febrile illness during or within six months of a visit to an endemic area	3 years following resolution of symptoms; may be reduced to 4 months if an immunologic or molecular test is negative
[F1 West Nile Virus (WNV) (*)	28 days after leaving a risk area of locally acquired West Nile Virus unless an individual Nucleic Acid Test (NAT) is negative]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. Pt. 3 para. 2.2.1 Table substituted (18.7.2016) by The Blood Safety and Quality (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/604), regs. 1, 2(2)