Challenges for the maintaining the microbiological safety of the UK blood supply
James Neuberger, Susan R Brailsford, Gary Mallinson, Michael F Murphy and Peter Simmonds
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2022-0401
Clin Med March 2023 James Neuberger
AQueen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham
Roles: honorary consultant physician
Susan R Brailsford
BNHS Blood and Transplant, Charcot Road, Colindale, London
Roles: consultant in epidemiology and health protection
Gary Mallinson
CJoint UK Blood Transfusion and Tissue Transplantation Services Professional Advisory Committee (JPAC), NHS Blood and Transplant, Bristol
Roles: SaBTO secretariat and lead scientist
Michael F Murphy
DNHS Blood & Transplant, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and University of Oxford, Oxford
Roles: professor of transfusion medicine
Peter Simmonds
EUniversity of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Roles: professor of virology
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Challenges for the maintaining the microbiological safety of the UK blood supply
James Neuberger, Susan R Brailsford, Gary Mallinson, Michael F Murphy, Peter Simmonds
Clinical Medicine Mar 2023, 23 (2) 151-156; DOI: 10.7861/clinmed.2022-0401
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- Maintaining and improving the microbiological safety of the blood supply
- What are the current microbiological risks from blood donation?
- Why do current approaches fail to remove all risk of TTI?
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- What level of risk is acceptable?
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