UK Blood Transfusion & Tissue Transplantation Services
Guidelines for the Blood Transfusion
Services in the UK


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Chapter 5

Update notice: Chapters 3, 4, 5, 6 have been redrafted. Please refer to Change Notification 12 - 2010.

Collection of a blood or component donation

Introduction

This chapter describes the steps involved in the collection of a blood or component donation from the information to be provided to a donor to the information required from the donor post-donation.

Sections 5.1 and 5.2 are taken from the Blood Safety and Quality Regulations 2005.(1)