Updates

The following table lists all updates to Edition 002 of the Geographical Disease Risk Index (GDRI). The linked Change Notification documents are issued to the UK Blood and Tissue Services (UKBTS) to indicate upcoming changes.

Please note that the dates listed below indicate the formal publication of updated guidelines on the website. The implementation of these guideline changes is the responsibility of each UKBTS and may vary accordingly.

Change number	Title	Updated	Guidelines affected	Release
Change notification number 01-2023	Title France (PDF only, 502KB)	Update date 31 January 2023	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 37
Change notification number 05-2023	Title Uganda (PDF only, 185KB)	Update date 31 January 2023	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 37
Change notification number 60-2022	Title France (Dengue Risk) (PDF only, 203KB)	Update date 21 September 2022	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 36
Change notification number 47-2022	Title Eswatini (PDF only, 83KB)	Update date 30 August 2022	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 35
Change notification number 42-2022	Title Thailand (PDF only, 194KB)	Update date 21 July 2022	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 34
Change notification number 18-2022	Title Congo (PDF only, 110KB)	Update date 26 April 2022	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 33
Change notification number 23-2022	Title Viral Haemorrhagic Fever (PDF only, 100KB)	Update date 26 April 2022	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 33
Change notification number 24-2022	Title China (PDF only, 83KB)	Update date 26 April 2022	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 33
Change notification number 32-2022	Title Netherlands (PDF only, 82KB)	Update date 26 April 2022	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 33
Change notification number 32-2021	Title Guinea (PDF only, 493KB)	Update date 10 August 2021	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 32
Change notification number 33-2021	Title Dengue (PDF only, 487KB)	Update date 10 August 2021	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 32
Change notification number 34-2021	Title Malaria Free Countries (PDF only, 501KB)	Update date 10 August 2021	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 32
Change notification number 09-2021	Title Tropical Virus Risk (PDF only, 430KB)	Update date 29 April 2021	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 31
Change notification number 10-2021	Title Malaria in India and South Africa (PDF only, 942KB)	Update date 29 April 2021	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 31
Change notification number 59-2020	Title Venezuela (PDF only, 453KB)	Update date 21 January 2021	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 30
Change notification number 68-2020	Title Tropical Virus Risk (PDF only, 369KB)	Update date 21 January 2021	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 30
Change notification number 63-2020	Title Netherlands (PDF only, 488KB)	Update date 10 November 2020	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 29
Change notification number 62-2020	Title Netherlands (PDF only, 519KB)	Update date 20 October 2020	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 28
Change notification number 60-2020	Title Spain (PDF only, 499KB)	Update date 21 September 2020	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 27
Change notification number 50-2020	Title Germany (PDF only, 457KB)	Update date 15 September 2020	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 26
Change notification number 49-2020	Title Spain (PDF only, 236KB)	Update date 18 August 2020	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 26
Change notification number 14-2020	Title Removal of Coronavirus Risk and Airport stopovers (PDF only, 459KB)	Update date 20 March 2020	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 24
Change notification number 12-2020	Title Italy (PDF only, 439KB)	Update date 9 March 2020	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 23
Change notification number 11-2020	Title Coronavirus (PDF only, 566KB)	Update date 26 February 2020	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 22
Change notification number 07-2020	Title Airport Stopovers (PDF only, 453KB)	Update date 17 February 2020	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 21