Position statements

Position statements are reviewed by the relevant Standing Advisory Committee on a regular basis or whenever significant changes are identified.

Title Updated
Collection of plasma for fractionation from donors who are anti-HBc positive (PDF only, 98KB) 20 April 2026
Estimated residual risk for HBV, HCV and HIV (PDF only, 229KB) 20 April 2026
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) (PDF only, 100KB) 20 April 2026
Surveillance: preparedness for emerging infectious agents (PDF only, 255KB) 17 March 2026
Blood donation and genetic haemochromatosis (PDF only, 90KB) 17 February 2026
The relationship between JPAC and SaBTO (PDF only, 87KB) 22 December 2025
Usutu virus (PDF only, 130KB) 1 September 2025
H5N1 or H5Nx Zoonotic Influenza A (PDF only, 86KB) 1 September 2025
Ebola virus (PDF only, 96KB) 1 September 2025
Changing whole blood donation frequency in response to blood shortages (PDF only, 147KB) 1 December 2024
West Nile Virus (WNV) (PDF only, 193KB) 1 September 2024
Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) (PDF only, 241KB) 1 September 2024
The estimated residual risk that a donation made in the infectious window period is not detected on testing: risks specific for HBV, HCV and HIV in the UK (2021-2023) (PDF only, 111KB) 1 September 2024
Mpox virus (MPXV) (PDF only, 133KB) 1 September 2024
Dengue virus (PDF only, 129KB) 1 September 2024
COVID-19 vaccines and blood transfusion (including pre-deposit autologous and directed donations) (PDF only, 101KB) 1 September 2024
SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) and the safety of substances of human origin (SoHO) (PDF only, 79KB) 1 May 2024
Chikungunya virus (PDF only, 58KB) 1 May 2024
Transgender and non-binary donors (PDF only, 220KB) 1 April 2024
Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) (PDF only, 135KB) 1 October 2023
Zika virus (PDF only, 119KB) 1 September 2023
Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) (PDF only, 116KB) 1 May 2023
Granulocyte therapy (PDF only, 773KB) 1 March 2021
X-ray Irradiation of blood components (PDF only, 494KB) 1 June 2020
Blood donor selection to minimise risk of TTI infectious agents (PDF only, 276KB) 1 June 2020
Calcium abnormalities and apheresis donation (PDF only, 401KB) 1 June 2017