The<unk> , often abbreviated to ACVSB, was a<unk>  formed in March 1989 in the United Kingdom to devise policy and advise ministers and the Department of Health on the<unk>  of blood with respect to viral infections. The scope of the ACVSB concerned areas of significant policy for the whole of the United Kingdom and operated under the terms of reference: "To advise the Health Departments of the UK on measures to ensure the<unk><unk>  of blood, whilst maintaining adequate supplies of appropriate quality for both immediate use and for plasma processing." Of particular emphasis to the remit was the testing of blood donors using surrogate markers for Non-A Non-B hepatitis (NANBH) and later on, HCV-screening of blood donors. The first meeting took place on 4 April 1989 and was chaired by the (then) Deputy Chief Medical Officer (DCMO), Dr E L Harris. From August 1989, Dr J Metters, also DCMO, sat as chair. The advice to be given by the<unk>  extended to blood products and donor organs as well as blood, and the viral agents to be considered by the group were HIV1 and HIV2, HTLV-I, Non A Non B Hepatitis, CMV, parvovirus and the prion disease Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD).
Advisory Committee on the Virological Safety of Blood
Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory
Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens
Blood bank
Public health laboratory
Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation
America's Blood Centers
LifeSouth Community Blood Centers