01 Jan 2019

World Health Organisation (WHO) Guideline on emerging diseases

This guidance document has been produced by WHO to assist blood services in the development of national plans to respond to any emerging infectious threats to the sufficiency or safety of the blood supply, whether from an existing infectious agent that is changing in incidence and spread, or from a newly identified infectious agent.

  • Topics: Blood Supply, emerging infections, disease outbreaks
  • Description: Protecting the blood supply during infectious disease outbreaks: guidance for national blood services. This guidance document has been produced by WHO to assist blood services in the development of national plans to respond to any emerging infectious threats to the sufficiency or safety of the blood supply, whether from an existing infectious agent that is changing in incidence and spread, or from a newly identified infectious agent. 
  • Languages: Russian