Blood Policy Publications
CJD Policy Analysis Publications
The following poster provides a broad overview of the Canadian blood systems’ management of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
CJDPoster.PDF
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This document provides an executive summary of the results of our overall policy analysis.
CJDOverview
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A policy analysis of major decisions relating to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and the blood supply:
the 1995 blood withdrawal: This article examines the decision-making process that led to a 1995
blood withdrawal of blood from a donor diagnosed with CJD.
1995Withdrawl.PDF
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A policy analysis of major decisions relating to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and the blood supply:
the “Utah donor” and the “British blood ban”:
This article examines the decision-making process that led to a 1998 blood quarantine and
the management of vCJD by the Canadian blood system.
utah.PDF
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A policy analysis of major decisions relating to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and the
blood supply: Comparative analysis of 1995 and 1999 decisions: This article compares
decision-making before and after structural reform of the Canadian blood system.
9598compare.PDF
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A policy analysis of major decisions relating to Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease and the blood supply: (from CMAJ)
This article summarises the findings of the previous 3 articles.
Policy Analysis
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The following papers look at the impact of various specific factors on decision-making
related to CJD and blood transfusions:
Risk of acquiring Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease from blood transfusions: systematic review of
case-control studies (from BMJ)
CJDBMJ.PDF
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The reporting of theoretical health risks by the media: Canadian newspaper
reporting of potential blood transmission of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (from BMC Public Health)
MediaCJD.PDF
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The Application of the Precautionary Principle to the Blood System: The Canadian Blood
System’s vCJD Donor Deferral Policy
precautionaryprincipleTMR.pdf
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You can never be too careful: Thanks to the precautionary principle, we may have saved our blood supply from variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, says Dr. Kumanan Wilson (Copied from Globe and Mail)
vCJDComment.htm
Understanding the Impact of Intergovernmental Relations on Public Health: Lessons from Reform
Initiatives in the Blood System And Health Surveillance.
Intergovernmental Relations
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Transfusion Transmission of vCJD: A crisis avoided? (Lancet)
CJDcomment.pdf
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Understanding the Impact of Intergovernmental Relations on Public Health:
Lessons from Reform Initiatives in the Blood System and Health Surveillance (Canadian Public Policy)
BloodReform
The societal cost of allogeneic blood transfusion in Canada. (Abstract: From Transfusion)
Societal Cost
The success of precaution? Managing the risk of transfusion transmission of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. (Abstract From: Transfusion)
Transfusion Risk
Does increased blood safety mean increased blood transfusion: an assessment of the risk compensation theory in Canada. (Abstract From: BMC Public Health)
Transfusion Risk
Panel Statement from Consensus Conference on vCJD Screening on Blood donors. (Abstract From: Transfusion)
Panel Statement
The reporting of theoretical health risk by the media: Canadian newspaper reporting of potential blood transmission of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. 2004, 4:1.. (Abstract From: BMC Public Health)
Risk Reporting
