French Public Health Code
In forceBefore the pre-donation interview, the candidate fills in a questionnaire, the form and content of which are defined by a decision of the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (French Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products), following advice from the Etablissement français du sang (French Blood Establishment) and the Armed Forces Blood Transfusion Centre.
At the end of the pre-donation interview, the candidate attests to having:
-Read and understood the detailed information provided;
-been given the opportunity to ask questions and received answers;
-given informed consent to proceed with the donation process;
-has been informed, in the case of autologous donation, of the possibility that autologous labile blood products may not be sufficient to meet the requirements of the planned transfusion.
They also certify that all the information they have provided is accurate to the best of their knowledge, by signing the relevant section of the questionnaire. This part is countersigned by the person authorised to select the donors and who has obtained the information relating to their state of health and medical history. An order of the Minister for Health, issued after consultation with the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, sets the donor selection criteria, distinguishing between those that lead to a permanent contraindication to donating blood and those that lead to a temporary contraindication. A decision by the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé specifies the data relating to donor selection which must be kept by the Etablissement français du sang and the armed forces blood transfusion centre.
