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TRANSFUSION MEDICINE

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USE OF BLOOD DONATIONS FROM vCJD CASES

TRANSFUSED: Red cells 27
  Leucodepleted red cells 25
  Buffy-coat reduced red cells 2
  Fresh frozen plasma 3
  Fresh frozen plasma (leucodepleted) 2
  Whole blood 2
  Cryo-depleted plasma 1
  Cryoprecipitate 1
  Platelets (pooled) 2
  Platelets (pooled, leucodepleted) 2

In addition, 11 vCJD donors (including one non-UK case who donated while residing in the UK) contributed plasma to 25 plasma pools identified by UK fractionators (BPL & PFC) as having been used for the manufacture of plasma products prior to 1999.