Table 2

Specification of donor screening

Faeces screening
 Calprotectine
Bacteria
Clostridium difficileYersinia enterocolitica
Helicobacter pyloriPlesiomonas shigelloides
Salmonella spPathogenic Campylobacter sp
Shigella spShiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria
 Vancomycin-resistant EnterococcusMultidrug-resistant Gram-negative (MRGN) 3
 Carbapenem-resistant EnterobacteriaceaeMRGN 4
 Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureusExtended spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobactereacceae
Viruses
 Hepatitis ERotavirus
 Norovirus type I and IIEnterovirus
 AstrovirusAdenovirus non-41/41
 SapovirusParechovirus
 Adenovirus type 40/41 COVID-19
Parasites
Giardia lambliaMicrosporidium sp
Cryptosporidium spBlastocystis hominis*
Entamoeba histolyticaIsospora sp
Dientamoeba fragilisCyclospora
Non-pathogenic parasites
Entamoeba gingivalisEndolimax nana
Entamoeba hartmanniIodamoeba bütschlii
Entamoeba coliEntamoeba dispar
Entamoeba poleckiEntamoeba moshkovskii
Other
 Parasitic worm eggsProtozoan cysts and oocysts
 Larvae
Serum screening
 Haematology
 Complete blood countGamma-glutamyl transferase
 BilirubineAlkaline phosphatase
 C-reactive proteinKreatinine
 Aspartate aminotransferaseUreum
 Alanine aminotransferaseEstimated glomerular filtration rate
Bacteria
 Lues
Viruses
 Hepatitis ACytomegalovirus
 Hepatitis BEpstein-Barr virus
 Hepatitis CHuman T-lymphotropic virus
 HIV
Parasites
Strongyloides
  • *Exclusion of donor only if microscopically ‘much’ or ‘very much’ blastocystis are seen.

  • †Presence of only one non-pathogenic parasite is acceptable.