Can the recipient waive the 180-day quarantine period?
For directed donors who are blood relatives of the recipient’s husband, the recipient may waive the quarantine period after being advised by her attending physician of the risks involved in doing so. The recipient is required to complete a Quarantine Waiver form, and her attending physician must complete the Physician Consent to Waive Quarantine form. In such cases, testing for HIV 1/2, HTLV-I/II, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, syphilis, chlamydia, and gonorrhea must have been performed after a date one month prior to the first donation and every three months thereafter, while the directed donor is engaged in donations. For all other directed donors, semen samples must be quarantined for 180 days.
