Blood donations clampdown follows vCJD scare

Blood donation restrictions were tightened today after warnings in Britain that vCJD can be transmitted through transfusions.

Blood donations clampdown follows vCJD scare
Tue, 21 Sep, 2004 - 19:34

Blood donation restrictions were tightened today after warnings in Britain that vCJD can be transmitted through transfusions.

Anyone who lived in Britain for more than one year between 1980 and 1996 will not be able to give blood from November.

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