Open AccessProtecting the United Kingdom blood supply from variant CJD: donors who have received a blood transfusion can no longer donate blood
Author(s) -
Nora Connor,
H Janecek
Publication year - 2004
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 9999-1233
DOI - 10.2807/esw.08.12.02421-en
Subject(s) - blood transfusion , medicine , blood supply , emergency medicine , kingdom , new england , blood donor , surgery , political science , immunology , law , biology , paleontology , politics
On 16 March 2004, the Department of Health in England announced that people who have received a blood transfusion in the UK since 1 January 1980 will no longer be able to donate blood