Table 1.

Summary of Recommendations

Donors should not be used routinely upon evidence of:

Gram-negative bacteremia

Mycobacterial infections of chest

Invasive fungal diseases

Hepatitis C

Hepatitis B surface antigen-positivity

HIV/AIDS

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

West Nile virus

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)

Donors may be used with caution upon evidence of:

Gram-positive bacteremia

Mycobacterial infections outside the chest

Fungal airway colonization

Hepatitis B core antibody

Herpesviruses (HHV 6–8, simplex, varicella)

Cytomegalovirus

Epstein-Barr virus (high risk if donor+/recipient−)