Abstract
UK blood services, supported by the Health Protection Agency/Health Protection Scotland, carried out an exercise over the summer of 2005 to notify 110 donors whose blood was transfused to three recipients who later developed vCJD. These donors were to be informed that they were now considered ‘at risk of vCJD for public health purposes’. The notification began on 20 July 2005 and was completed (barring follow-up) at the end of the first week of October 2005. Apart from two donors who had died, contact was attempted with all donors, including four who were not currently registered with a GP. The lessons learnt about the conduct of such notification have been reviewed. The limited ad hoc feedback available suggests the process and content of this notification was acceptable to donors and their GPs.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 172-178 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Clinical Ethics |
Volume | 1 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Sept 2006 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Hewitt PE 1 Moore C 1 Soldan K 2 1 National Blood Service, Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5BG, UK [email protected] 2 CJD Section Health Protection Agency, Centre for Infections, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5EQ, UK 01 09 2006 1 3 172 178 © 2006 Royal Society of Medicine Press 2006 UK blood services, supported by the Health Protection Agency/Health Protection Scotland, carried out an exercise over the summer of 2005 to notify 110 donors whose blood was transfused to three recipients who later developed vCJD. These donors were to be informed that they were now considered 'at risk of vCJD for public health purposes'. The notification began on 20 July 2005 and was completed (barring follow-up) at the end of the first week of October 2005. Apart from two donors who had died, contact was attempted with all donors, including four who were not currently registered with a GP. The lessons learnt about the conduct of such notification have been reviewed. The limited ad hoc feedback available suggests the process and content of this notification was acceptable to donors and their GPs.