Question #19: Syphilis or Gonorrhea - LabCE.com, Laboratory Continuing Education

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Question #19: Syphilis or Gonorrhea

	Yes	No
In the past 3 months, have you
19. Had syphilis or gonorrhea or been treated for syphilis or gonorrhea?

Potential donors who have had or been treated for syphilis or gonorrhea are deferred for 3 months following the completion of their treatment regimen. This includes persons who have had a reactive screening test for syphilis where no confirmation test was performed. Donors who tested positive for syphilis and were not treated are indefinitely deferred.

5. CDC, Schwartz, W.F. “10179.” Public Health Image Library, 1961, https://phil.cdc.gov/details.aspx?pid=10179.

The Treponema pallidum spirochete, the causative agent of syphilis, as seen with dark field microscopy. (5)