Guidance: SaBTO microbiological safety guidelines

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March 15

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SaBTO microbiological safety guidelines

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Summary of major changes to guidelines: 2017

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This document provides guidance on minimising the risk of an infection being passed on through transplanted organs, tissues and cells.

This guidance was first published in 2017, and replaced the 2011 Guidance on the microbiological safety of human organs, tissues and cells used in transplantation. The summary document outlines the major changes to the guidance in 2017.

Published 21 February 2011
Last updated 15 March 2023 +show all updates

15 March 2023
The main changes from the previous published guidelines from 2020 are: addition of a footnote to include the changes to UK legislation since the UK left the EU in 2021; clarification on who should provide expert guidance on the interpretation of microbiological results in section 9; addition of Monkeypox (Mpox) to section 13 and updated residual risk estimates in Table 4.
26 March 2020
Addition of a new annex to cover SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19).
11 January 2018
Added updated guidelines for 2017 and summary of major changes.
21 February 2011
First published.

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