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Supporting Papers

The documents published below where accepted by JPAC (*) and have supported a change in guidelines issued by JPAC.

Recommendations for removal of the upper age limit for regular whole blood and component donors
November 2008   (pdf - 171KB)
Implemented as Change Notification no. 7 - 2008
 

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Proposal to Change the UK Specification for Methylene Blue-Treated Cryoprecipitate
JPAC 08-74, October 2008   (pdf - 12KB)
Implemented as Change Notification no.3 - 2009
 

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Proposed change to Red Book label specification
JPAC 08-77, November 2008   (pdf - 11KB)
Implemented as Change Notification no.5 - 2009
 

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X-ray irradiation of blood components
JPAC 08-75, October 2008   (pdf - 727KB)
Implemented as Change Notification no.6 - 2009
 

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Red cell concentrate quality
Re-manufacture of RCC-CPD into RCC-SAGM
JPAC 08-79, September 2008   (pdf - 509KB)
Implemented as Change Notification no.7 - 2009
 

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Proposal to raise the donor age limit for pulmonary heart valves
May 2009   (pdf - 8KB)
Implemented as Change Notification no. 8 - 2009
 

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Proposal to remove the requirement for face-to-face interviews for living donors
JPAC 08-68, May 2009   (pdf - 8KB)
Implemented as Change Notification no. 9 - 2009
 

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Consideration for Change to Red Book Regarding Testing of Neonatal Deceased Tissue Donors from SACT
JPAC 08-67, May 2009   (pdf - 12KB)
Implemented as Change Notification no. 10 - 2009
 

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Chikungunya virus infection: Ravenna region of Italy
JPAC 09-06, March 2009   (pdf - 5KB)
Implemented as Change Notification no.11 - 2009
 

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Recommendations on Apheresis Donation in young and first time donors
JPAC 09-16, June 2009   (pdf - 572KB)
Implemented as Change Notification no. 12 - 2009
 

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Revised Wording to Red Book Responsibility for Blood Collection
JPAC 09-17, March 2009   (pdf - 5KB)
Implemented as Change Notification no.13 - 2009
 

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Proposal to change the Mandatory testing of blood donations
JPAC 09-19, March 2009   (pdf - 24KB)
Implemented as Change Notification no.16 - 2009
 

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Recommendations for changes to acceptance criteria for UK whole blood and component donors
September 2009   (pdf - 300KB)
 

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Proposal to amend the content of 12.1.4 f) of the 2005 Guidelines.
October 2009   (pdf - 4KB)
 

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Pandemic H1N1V influenza mitigating actions v1
January 2010   (pdf - 28KB)
 

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HbS testing neonatal red cell components
JPAC 09-71, January 2010   (pdf - 8KB)
Implemented as Change Notification no.1 - 2010

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Addition to 14.5.1 of the Red Book to allow rare antisera to be used in investigations.
JPAC 10-17, June 2010   (pdf - 8KB)
Implemented as Change Notification no.6 - 2010


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Long term storage of tissue products v1
JPAC 10-50, November 2010   (pdf - 100KB)
Implemented as Change Notification no.11 - 2010


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Donor Weight and Donation Volumes
November 2010   (pdf - 12KB)
Implemented as Change Notification no.12 - 2010


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Reinstatement of non-specific reactive tissue donors v1
JPAC 10-65, November 2010   (pdf - 24KB)
Implemented as Change Notification no.14 - 2010


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New DSG entry for Porphyria
JPAC 11-08, March 11   (pdf - 39.53KB)
Implemented as Change Notification no. 5 - 2011
 

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Recommendations on a change to the Donor Selection Guidance for Syphilis
JPAC 11-07, March 11   (pdf - 24KB)
Implemented as Change Notification no.4 - 2011
 

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Recommendations on a change to the Donor Selection Guidance for Immunization
JPAC 11-06, March 2011   (pdf - 195KB)
Implemented as Change Notification no.3 - 2011
 

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Recommendations on a change to the Donor Selection Guidance for Trying to Conceive
JPAC 11-05, March 11   (pdf - 37KB)
Implemented as Change Notification no. 2 & no. 8 - 2011
 

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Recommendations on a change to the Donor Selection Guidance for Pregnancy
JPAC 11-04, March 2011   (pdf - 29KB)
Implemented as Change Notification no.1 - 2011
 

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Recommendation for a change to the Live Tissue Donor Selection guidance for Malaria
JPAC 11-42, June 2011   (pdf - 6KB)
Implemented as Change Notification no.14 - 2011
 

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Risk assessment for immunosuppression and corneal donation
JPAC 11-56, November 2011   (pdf - 36KB)
Implemented as Change Notification no.21 - 2011
 

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Recommendations on Donor Height and Weight
JPAC 11-10, March 2011   (pdf - 384KB)
Implemented as Change Notification no.21 - 2011
 

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Storage temperature (when frozen) of FFP, cryoprecipitate, cryodepleted plasma and MB-treated FFP
JPAC 11-57, September 2011   (pdf - 384KB)
Implemented as Change Notification no.01 - 2012
 

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Thawing temperature of FFP, cryoprecipitate, cryodepleted plasma and MB-treated FFP
JPAC 11-58, October 2011   (pdf - 384KB)
Implemented as Change Notification no.02 - 2012
 

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Recommendations on a change to the Donor Selection Guidance for Pregnancy
JPAC 12-15, January 2012   (pdf - 11KB)
Implemented as Change Notification no. 09 - 2012 and no. 16 - 2012
 

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Toxoplasmosis DSG entry
JPAC 12-29, March 2012   (pdf - 13KB)
Implemented as Change Notification no.07 - 2012 and no. 18 -2012
 

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Sickle Cell Trait and Apheresis
JPAC 12-65, September 2012   (pdf - 23KB)
Implemented as Change Notification no.27 - 2012
 

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Decompression illness
JPAC 12-68, September 2012   (pdf - 89KB)
Implemented as Change Notification no.29 - 2012
 

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