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Guidelines for the Blood
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1: Introduction
2. Quality in blood and tissue establishments and hospital blood banks
3: Care and selection of whole blood and component donors (including donors of pre-deposit autologous blood)
4: Premises and quality assurance at blood donor sessions
5: Collection of a blood or component donation
6: Evaluation and manufacture of blood components
7: Specifications for blood components
8: Evaluation of novel blood components, production processes and blood packs: generic protocols
9: Microbiology tests for donors and donations: general specifications for laboratory test procedures
10: Investigation of suspected transfusion-transmitted infection
11: Reagent manufacture
12: Donation testing (red cell immunohaematology)
13: Patient testing (red cell immunohaematology)
14: Guidelines for the use of DNA/PCR techniques in Blood Establishments
15: Molecular typing for red cell antigens
16: HLA typing and HLA serology
17: Granulocyte immunology
18: Platelet immunology
19: Tissue banking: general principles
20: Tissue banking: selection of donors
21: Tissue banking: tissue retrieval and processing
22: Haemopoietic progenitor cells
23: Specification for the uniform labelling of blood, blood components and blood donor samples
24: Specification for the uniform labelling of human tissue products using ISBT 128
25: Standards for electronic data interchange within the UK Blood Transfusion Services
26: Specification for blood pack base labels
27: Specification for labelling consumables used in therapeutic product production
A1: NIBSC standards available from MHRA
A2: ISBT 128 check character calculation
A3: Provisional Components
A4: Redundant Components
A5: Blood Components for Contingency Use
A6: Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs)
A7: Requirements for the timing of testing for HPCs
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JPAC Position Statement on Blood donation and genetic haemochromatosis - January 2026
JPAC Position Statement on Blood donation and genetic haemochromatosis - January 2026
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