Étiqueté : Donors
Fresh plea from UK fertility regulator as monumental changes to donor anonymity law finally come to fruition
The first young people affected by landmark changes to UK donor anonymity law are just days away from making history as they become the first donor conceived people eligible to find out who their donor...
De la mort provoquée à la mort utile : augmentation du don d’organes après euthanasie au Québec
D’après une étude du Canadian Medical Association Journal publiée en janvier dernier, le nombre de donneurs d’organes décédés par euthanasie au Québec est passé de 4.9% (8 donneurs sur 164) en 2018 à 14% (24 donneurs sur...
NHS Blood and Transplant – NHS will get better blood and organ matching data from Our Future Health partnership
Blood donors in England can now give a sample to the UK’s largest health research programme as they give blood. Donors are being invited to give a sample to Our Future Health, which aims to...
Independent report – SaBTO virology subcommittee recommendations on KSHV infection
Recommendations to introduce universal serological screening of deceased donors for Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) infection. Several cases of fatal Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV), also known as human herpesvirus type-8 (HHV-8), infection have been observed in...
NHS Blood and transplant – ‘Dáithí’s Law’ comes into effect in Northern Ireland
As of 1 June, all adults in Northern Ireland will now be considered potential organ donors unless they choose to opt out or are in an excluded group. The Organ and Tissue Donation (Deemed Consent)...
Préservation des organes en vue de la transplantation : focus sur une technique innovante qui questionne l’éthique
Ces dernières années, des études ont été réalisées pour mesurer les bénéfices d’une nouvelle technique de conservation et de réhabilitation des organes de donneurs décédés après une mort par arrêt circulatoire : la technique de...
Summary of the 2021 (2020 data) annual reporting of serious adverse reactions and events for blood and blood components
The report, prepared by the European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & HealthCare, summarises Serious Adverse Reactions and Events (SARE) data for the year 2020 (submitted to the Commission by 30 European countries), elaborates...
EDQM 2016 report: “The collection, testing and use of blood and blood components in Europe”
“The European Committee on Blood Transfusion (CD-P-TS) has approved the publication of the 2016 edition of “The collection, testing and use of blood and blood components in Europe”. In total, 28 Council of Europe member...





