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. 2020 Aug 20;4(1):e000689. doi: 10.1136/bmjpo-2020-000689

Table 2.

Specification of donor screening

Faeces screening
 Calprotectine
Bacteria
Clostridium difficile Yersinia enterocolitica
Helicobacter pylori Plesiomonas shigelloides
Salmonella sp Pathogenic Campylobacter sp
Shigella sp Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria
 Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus Multidrug-resistant Gram-negative (MRGN) 3
 Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae MRGN 4
 Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Extended spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobactereacceae
Viruses
 Hepatitis E Rotavirus
 Norovirus type I and II Enterovirus
 Astrovirus Adenovirus non-41/41
 Sapovirus Parechovirus
 Adenovirus type 40/41  COVID-19
Parasites
Giardia lamblia Microsporidium sp
Cryptosporidium sp Blastocystis hominis*
Entamoeba histolytica Isospora sp
Dientamoeba fragilis Cyclospora
Non-pathogenic parasites
Entamoeba gingivalis Endolimax nana
Entamoeba hartmanni Iodamoeba bütschlii
Entamoeba coli Entamoeba dispar
Entamoeba polecki Entamoeba moshkovskii
Other
 Parasitic worm eggs Protozoan cysts and oocysts
 Larvae
Serum screening
 Haematology
 Complete blood count Gamma-glutamyl transferase
 Bilirubine Alkaline phosphatase
 C-reactive protein Kreatinine
 Aspartate aminotransferase Ureum
 Alanine aminotransferase Estimated glomerular filtration rate
Bacteria
 Lues
Viruses
 Hepatitis A Cytomegalovirus
 Hepatitis B Epstein-Barr virus
 Hepatitis C Human T-lymphotropic virus
 HIV
Parasites
Strongyloides

*Exclusion of donor only if microscopically ‘much’ or ‘very much’ blastocystis are seen.

†Presence of only one non-pathogenic parasite is acceptable.