REGULATORY UPDATE: TTD Committee Releases Monkeypox Virus Outbreak Summary

AABB’s Transfusion Transmitted Diseases (TTD) Committee continues to monitor developments related to the ongoing outbreak of monkeypox. The Committee has prepared a monkeypox virus outbreak summary to inform members and provide current information about the outbreak. The summary contains up-to-date background information and donor considerations, including that the Food and Drug Administration recommends no donor deferral for pre-exposure receipt of the Jynneos vaccine for smallpox and monkeypox, provided the donor is otherwise healthy as required under 21 CFR 630.10 and section 630.15.

AABB reminds members that monkeypox is not known to be transfusion-transmissible and there have been no reports of transfusion-transmitted cases. Contact regulatory@aabb.org with questions.