Mark Ward
Question:196. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if persons who are vaccinated who donate blood have the brand of vaccine recorded on the donation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27061/21]
View answerWednesday, 30 June 2021
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The Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS) is the national organisation responsible for collecting, processing, testing and distributing blood and blood products in Ireland.
The IBTS has advised that there is no evidence that the Covid-19 vaccine (either the viral vector or nucleic acid types) is passively transferred to patients that are transfused with blood donated from vaccinated donors.
The IBTS has further advised that it does not record the vaccinated status of blood donors and therefore the vaccine brand is not recorded on the donation.