BTSB bid to extend CJD safeguards

The Blood Transfusion Service Board intends to extend the safeguards put in place last year to prevent the spread of CJD, the human form of mad cow disease.

BTSB bid to extend CJD safeguards

The Blood Transfusion Service Board intends to extend the safeguards put in place last year to prevent the spread of CJD, the human form of mad cow disease.

At the launch of its annual report it announced that anyone who lived in the United Kingdom for more than 12 months during the height of the BSE scare, will not be allowed to donate blood in Ireland.

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