title: Drugs in donated blood.
abstract: Blood from donors who are or who have been on drug treatment may be hazardous to the recipient. Guidelines are proposed to increase the safety of donated blood without needless rejection of donors, based on the time that should elapse between the last dose and safe blood donation for a range of commonly used drugs.
authors.affiliation: Wolfson Unit of Clinical Pharmacology, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne.
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Ferner
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Dunstan
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chaplin
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Baird
mesh_terms: D001771:Blood Banks; D001782:Blood Donors; D006801:Humans; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000097:blood*; D013997:Time Factors; D065227:Transfusion Reaction
chemical_list: D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations