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Transfusion Services in the UK
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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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Arrangements in place for monitoring threats to the UK blood supply from new and emerging infections
(May 2024)
Blood donor selection to minimise risk of transfusion transmissible infectious agents entering the blood supply
(November 2017)
Calcium Abnormalities and Apheresis Donation
(June 2017)
Chikungunya Virus
(May 2024)
Information about international outbreaks of chikungunya is available on the National Travel Health Network and Centre (NaTHNaC)
website
COVID-19 Vaccines and Blood Transfusion (including Pre-deposit Autologous and Directed Donations)
(July 2023)
Dengue
(September 2023)
Ebola
(September 2023)
The estimated residual risk that a donation made in the infectious window period is not detected on testing: risks specific for HBV, HCV and HIV in the UK, 2020-2022
(September 2023)
Granulocyte Therapy
(March 2021)
Guidance for the addition and removal of an infectious disease risk entry in the Geographical Disease Risk Index (GDRI)
(May 2024)
Horizon Scanning: Preparedness for emerging infectious agents
(January 2024)
Human Herpesvirus-8
(October 2023)
Methylene Blue-Treated Plasma
(November 2012)
Mpox Virus (MPXV)
(September 2024)
Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)
(May 2023)
SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 and the Safety of Substances of Human Origin (SoHO)
(May 2024)
Transgender and Non-Binary Donors
(April 2024)
vCJD
(September 2023)
West Nile Virus
(September 2023)
X-ray irradiation of blood components
(June 2020)
Zika Virus
(September 2023)