A health technology assessment of prion filtration of red cell concentrates to reduce the risk of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease transmission in Ireland

Date of publication: 
Wednesday, July 27, 2011

This health technology assessment (HTA) examined the potential for a new technology, prion filtration, to reduce the risk of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) transmission from the transfusion of red cell concentrates (RCC) in Ireland.