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that's extraordinary if true. just thinking about it is wild. so blood donations in this country only go to adults?
hoefla-
It appears to have changed.
There is a 2015 paper from the UK Blood Services Joint Professional Advisory Group at
https://www.transfusionguidelines.org/document-library/documents/jpac-position-statement-vcjd-may-2015/download-file/Position%20Statement%20on%20vCJD%20May%202015.pdfIt's quite long and wordy but it includes:
Importation of clinical Fresh Frozen Plasma (FFP) for patients born on or after 1st January 1996, announced on 16 August 2003 and implemented by the end of June 2004
So kids in the UK weren't given UK adult plasma at the time. I can't find anything that confirms the current situation.
It appears plasma was imported from Austria and Poland rather than the US though.
jellybaby
I believe we don't give UK kids UK blood because of BSE. Instead they get blood from US prisoners.
That policy might be changing now people that weren't born during the BSE outbreak can now be old enough to donate.