Updates

The following table lists all updates to Edition 002 of the Geographical Disease Risk Index (GDRI). The linked Change Notification documents were 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.

For changes pending publication, see Upcoming changes to the guidelines.

Change number	Title	Updated	Guidelines affected	Release
Change notification number 41-2016	Title Tropical Virus Risk (PDF only, 99KB)	Update date 19 September 2016	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 7
Change notification number 42-2016	Title Lesser Antilles (PDF only, 98KB)	Update date 19 September 2016	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 7
Change notification number 43-2016	Title Uruguay (PDF only, 97KB)	Update date 19 September 2016	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 7
Change notification number 22-2016	Title Previous Malaria Risk (PDF only, 115KB)	Update date 7 June 2016	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 5
Change notification number 30-2016	Title Tropical Virus Risk (PDF only, 109KB)	Update date 5 May 2016	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 4
Change notification number 17-2016	Title Tropical Virus Risk (PDF only, 147KB)	Update date 29 March 2016	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 3
Change notification number 10-2016	Title New edition of the GDRI (PDF only, 102KB)	Update date 18 January 2016	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 1
Change notification number 27-2015	Title GDRI Preliminaries (PDF only, 40KB)	Update date 29 September 2015	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 31
Change notification number 28-2015	Title Malaria (PDF only, 676KB)	Update date 29 September 2015	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 31
Change notification number 24-2015	Title Saudi Arabia (PDF only, 30KB)	Update date 14 September 2015	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 30
Change notification number 13-2015	Title Namibia (PDF only, 127KB)	Update date 5 May 2015	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 29
Change notification number 14-2015	Title Chikungunya in the Pacific (PDF only, 200KB)	Update date 5 May 2015	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 29
Change notification number 06-2015	Title Malaria maps (PDF only, 377KB)	Update date 2 February 2015	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 28
Change notification number 43-2014	Title Viral Haemorrhagic Fever (PDF only, 33KB)	Update date 20 October 2014	Guidelines affected Whole bloodGeographical index	Release number 2627
Change notification number 42-2014	Title Russia (PDF only, 29KB)	Update date 14 October 2014	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 26
Change notification number 41-2014	Title Chikungunya Virus (PDF only, 35KB)	Update date 19 August 2014	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 25
Change notification number 27-2014	Title Chikungunya Virus (PDF only, 32KB)	Update date 8 July 2014	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 24
Change notification number 28-2014	Title Diego Garcia (PDF only, 29KB)	Update date 8 July 2014	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 24
Change notification number 26-2014	Title Chikungunya Virus (PDF only, 29KB)	Update date 9 May 2014	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 23
Change notification number 01-2012	Title Chikungunya Virus (PDF only, 30KB)	Update date 27 January 2014	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 22
Change notification number 14-2013	Title West Nile Virus (PDF only, 35KB)	Update date 28 August 2013	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 21
Change notification number 04-2013	Title Chikungunya Virus (PDF only, 39KB)	Update date 3 June 2013	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 20
Change notification number 26-2012	Title West Nile Virus (PDF only, 34KB)	Update date 25 October 2012	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 19
Change notification number 26-2012	Title West Nile Virus (PDF only, 37KB)	Update date 16 October 2012	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 19
Change notification number 20-2012	Title Malaria (PDF only, 35KB)	Update date 18 September 2012	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 18