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Donor Selection Guideline definitions

The Donor Selection Guidelines contain general terminology which for the purpose of these guidelines have been earmarked with a specific definition by the Joint Professional Advisory Committee (JPAC). The definition of these terms are listed below.

DSG

Donor Selection Guideline(s). These include:
Bone Marrow and Peripheral Bone Stem Cell DSG
Cord Blood DSG
Deceased Donors – Tissue DSG
Geographical Disease Risk Index
Live Donors – Tissue DSG
Whole Blood and Components DSG


Version

Is any of the following:


Edition

Embodies extensive revisions of that DSG.
Is applied to all formats.


Release

Embodies changes following the issue of a 'Change Notification Letter'
Is applied to all formats.


Issue

Embodies technical changes to the web pages and/or other formats which do not involve a change in the medical or scientific content of the guideline(s).


Formats

Each DSG can be published in various formats:
Website pages, Portable Document File (PDF), off-line browser files, Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) files. Not all versions shall have all formats at any one time.


"On-line" editing

Editing of DSG content over the internet by use of the UKBTS Content Management System (CMS).


"Off-line" editing

Editing of DSG content by any means other than on-line e.g. on paper, in spreadsheet, word processor, text editor.


DSG Topic

A DSG Topic is the heading of an entry in the A-Z listing.
Each Topic represents a medical disease, condition or risk.


DSG Page

These are all web pages that are not DSG Topics e.g. introduction and appendices. They are standard web pages that happen to be part of that DSG.


CMS Topic

(Further explanation: Each Topic is the page title for an entry in the alphabetical A-Z listing and appears in the grey left hand menu lists. Most topics are common to all DSG but some appear only in a subset of DSG)


CMS page

See DSG page


Edition Date

Is the date of the web publication of a new Edition – regardless of format.


Release Date

Is the date of the web publication of a new Release – regardless of format.


Issue Date

Is the date of the web publication of a new Issue – regardless of format


Date of posting

Is the date on which source files are posted on this website. Applies to all formats.


 

 

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