General Documents

Documents issued by JPAC

These documents are issued by JPAC and/or its Standing Advisory Committees. A review system exists to ensure documents are regularly reviewed.

2022
November	Specification for the future labelling of Blood Components prepared in the UK
March	Blood Component Request and Allocation Process
March	Validation of dried plasma
2021
March	Deviations from the specified storage temperature for Fresh-Frozen Plasma (FFP) whilst in its frozen state
2020
November	Post-donation management of Blood Donors with nerve injury related to donation
March	Deviations from the specified storage temperature and interruption of agitation of platelets – practical considerations
2019
November	Road map for UK Blood Services to manage a hepatitis A outbreak
March	Look Back and Trace Back
March	Validation of plasma and platelet pathogen inactivation
February	Trial-Provisional component specifications
2016
November	Deviations from 4°C temperature storage for red cells: Effect on viability and bacterial growth
2015
November	Options for Human T-Lymphotropic Virus (HTLV) screening with the UK Blood Services
2008
November	Recommendations for removal of the upper age limit for regular whole blood and component donors
2007
November	The Use of G-CSF in Unrelated Volunteer Stem Cell Donors

 

Documents relevant to the UK blood supply (not issued by JPAC)

These documents affect the Blood Transfusion and Tissue Transplantation Services in the UK but are not issued by JPAC. While we make every effort to ensure the latest version of these documents are published, JPAC cannot guarantee that these documents are regularly reviewed nor that the latest version is published here. Should you be aware of a more up-to-date version of a document we would appreciate notification by contacting JPACOffice@nhsbt.nhs.uk.

FAIR (For the Assessment of Individualised Risk)
2022	FAIR III: Can the policy recommendations from FAIR be safely and effectively applied to tissue and cell donors across the UK?
2021	FAIR II: An assessment of the evidence for the donor selection question asking about sexual partners who may have had sex in areas of the world where HIV is very common
2020	FAIR I: Can donor selection policy move from a population-based donor selection policy to one based on a more individualised risk assessment?

Other documents
2023	The effects of pen ink and surface disinfectants on red blood cells stored in plasticized polyvinylchloride transfusion bags (Uy RJ, et al. Transfusion. 2023)
2021	Position Paper on UK Plasma - UK Forum
2004-2011	Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee (SEAC) position statements