JPAC Joint United Kingdom (UK) Blood Transfusion and Tissue Transplantation Services Professional Advisory Committee

Risk Assessments

Risk assessments are reviewed by the Standing Advisory Committee on Transfusion Transmitted Infection (SACTTI) on a regular basis or whenever significant changes are identified. The dates of most recent review are given below.

They are available on request. Please contact JPACOffice@nhsbt.nhs.uk for more information.

2025

 
January Chikungunya Virus
January Mpox Virus (formerly Monkeypox)
January Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD)

2024

 
September Human parvovirus B19 (B19V)
September Simian Foamy Virus (SFV)
September Zika Virus
August Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-Cov)
April Ebola Virus
April Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus (TBEV)

2023

 
October Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF)
September Dengue Virus
September Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8)
September Human parvovirus 4 (PARV4)
June Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2)
June Toxoplasmosis
June Usutu Virus (USUV)
May Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus (LCMV)
April Leishmania
March Babesia
January Yellow Fever

2022

 
November Hepatitis A (HAV)
June Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme Disease)

2019

 
June Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-1)
June Xenotropic Murine Leukaemia Related Virus (XMRV)
May H5N1 Pandemic Influenza
January Seasonal Influenza A (Non Pandemic)

2017

 
May Hepatitis E (HEV)