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Gerrard, Neil (1)
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Primarolo, Baroness (1)
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department and its agencies are taking to reduce the potential epidemiological risks from imported blood components.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department and its agencies are taking to reduce the potential epidemiological risks from imported blood components.
Asked by
Neil Gerrard
(Labour)
Answered by
Baroness Primarolo
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
23 April 2009
For answer on
27 April 2009
Answered on
29 April 2009
The only blood components currently imported from outside the United Kingdom are plasma for fractionation for blood products, and fresh frozen plasma (FFP) for the treatment of children up to the age of 16. This is part of a range of measures in place to reduce the risk of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease transmission.Plasma for therapeutic use and fractionation is imported from the United States (US), and is collected in facilities which are fully licensed by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Plasma suppliers use donor selection criteria which meet European Union and US standards, which exclude donors at an increased risk of diseases which can be transmitted through plasma, and screen plasma to FDA standards.All fractionated products made from imported plasma are subject to viral inactivation steps. Single units of FFP for children under the age of 16 are virally inactivated using methylene blue treatment.
Subjects
Blood; Imports; Blood transfusions
Date
29 April 2009
Reference
491 c1313W; 271519
House
House of Commons