Recommendations for removal of the upper age limit for regular whole blood and component donors
November 2008   (pdf - 171KB)
Implemented as Change Notification no. 7 - 2008
 

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Proposal to Change the UK Specification for Methylene Blue-Treated Cryoprecipitate
JPAC 08-74, October 2008   (pdf - 12KB)
Implemented as Change Notification no.3 - 2009
 

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Proposed change to Red Book label specification
JPAC 08-77, November 2008   (pdf - 11KB)
Implemented as Change Notification no.5 - 2009
 

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X-ray irradiation of blood components
JPAC 08-75, October 2008   (pdf - 727KB)
Implemented as Change Notification no.6 - 2009
 

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Red cell concentrate quality
Re-manufacture of RCC-CPD into RCC-SAGM
JPAC 08-79, September 2008   (pdf - 509KB)
Implemented as Change Notification no.7 - 2009
 

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Proposal to raise the donor age limit for pulmonary heart valves
May 2009   (pdf - 8KB)
Implemented as Change Notification no. 8 - 2009
 

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Proposal to remove the requirement for face-to-face interviews for living donors
JPAC 08-68, May 2009   (pdf - 8KB)
Implemented as Change Notification no. 9 - 2009
 

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Consideration for Change to Red Book Regarding Testing of Neonatal Deceased Tissue Donors from SACT
JPAC 08-67, May 2009   (pdf - 12KB)
Implemented as Change Notification no. 10 - 2009
 

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Chikungunya virus infection: Ravenna region of Italy
JPAC 09-06, March 2009   (pdf - 5KB)
Implemented as Change Notification no.11 - 2009
 

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Recommendations on Apheresis Donation in young and first time donors
JPAC 09-16, June 2009   (pdf - 572KB)
Implemented as Change Notification no. 12 - 2009
 

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Revised Wording to Red Book Responsibility for Blood Collection
JPAC 09-17, March 2009   (pdf - 5KB)
Implemented as Change Notification no.13 - 2009
 

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Proposal to change the Mandatory testing of blood donations
JPAC 09-19, March 2009   (pdf - 24KB)
Implemented as Change Notification no.16 - 2009
 

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Recommendations for changes to acceptance criteria for UK whole blood and component donors
September 2009   (pdf - 300KB)
 

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Proposal to amend the content of 12.1.4 f) of the 2005 Guidelines.
October 2009   (pdf - 4KB)
 

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Pandemic H1N1V influenza mitigating actions v1
January 2010   (pdf - 28KB)
 

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HbS testing neonatal red cell components
JPAC 09-71, January 2010   (pdf - 8KB)
Implemented as Change Notification no.1 - 2010

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Addition to 14.5.1 of the Red Book to allow rare antisera to be used in investigations.
JPAC 10-17, June 2010   (pdf - 8KB)
Implemented as Change Notification no.6 - 2010

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