House of Commons - After the storm? UK blood safety and the risk of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

Science and Technology Committee - Second Report
After the storm? UK blood safety and the risk of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 16 July 2014.

Contents

2 Current infection risk and mitigation

The UK blood supply

Risks to the UK Blood Supply

Risk mitigation measures

Surgical transmission of prions

3 Technology evaluation and the role of the scientific gatekeeper

Case study 1: decontamination of surgical instruments

The technology: DuPont's Rely+On Prion Inactivator

The gatekeeper: The Rapid Review Panel

Case study 2: prion filtration

The technology: ProMetic's P-Capt prion filter

The gatekeeper: the Advisory Committee on the Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs

Case study 3: vCJD blood testing

The need for a vCJD blood test

The technology: the Prionics blood test

The gatekeeper: the National Institute of Biological Standards and Controls

The technology: the MRC Prion Unit blood test

4 CJD risk management and surveillance

CJD risk management and 'at risk' individuals

Notification of 'at risk' individuals

CJD surveillance

Enhanced surveillance of 'at risk' individuals

The National CJD Research and Surveillance Unit

5 After the storm?

Conclusions and recommendations

Formal Minutes

Witnesses

Published written evidence

Unpublished evidence

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament