CREUTZFELDT–JAKOB DISEASE (CJD) IS THE FIRST major challenge that the blood
system has faced since the completion of the Krever inquiry in 1997. We report the results of …

Background and Objectives In Australia, a policy of deferring donors who have lived in the
UK for longer than 6 months between 1980 and 1996 has been instituted to reduce the …

The precautionary principle is an influential concept that has been widely used in
international treaties and declarations involving the protection of the environment. The …

The transfusion transmission of hepatitis C and HIV to thousands of Canadian blood
recipients was one of this country's largest public health catastrophes. In response to this …

UK and will begin leukodepletion processing of donated blood. These decisions were taken
on the basis of evidence that the “hypothetical” risk that new variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob …

Background and Objectives This paper reports the results to 1 March 2006 of an ongoing UK
study, the Transfusion Medicine Epidemiological Review (TMER), by the National CJD …

BACKGROUND: Since 2004, several reported transfusion transmissions of variant
Creutzfeldt‐Jakob disease (vCJD) in the United Kingdom have reawakened concerns about …

BACKGROUND Variant Creutzfeldt‐Jakob disease (vCJD) has been transmitted by blood
transfusion (TTvCJD). The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommends deferring …

The precautionary principle has emerged as an important new paradigm influencing
decision making in the blood system. The principle has influenced decision making in …

Background Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) is a human prion disease caused by
infection with the agent of bovine spongiform encephalopathy. After the recognition of vCJD …