Search Results - "Brailsford, Susan R"

Blood donors in England and North Wales: demography and patterns of donation by Lattimore, Samuel, Wickenden, Crispin, Brailsford, Susan R.

“…Background As populations in the developed world shift toward an older and more ethnically diverse population, the challenges of recruiting and retaining…”
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A typology of blood donor motivations by Ferguson, Eamonn, Hill, Alexandra, Lam, Michael, Reynolds, Claire, Davison, Katy, Lawrence, Claire, Brailsford, Susan R

“…Background Although the need for whole blood is declining, so too are the number of first‐time and repeat blood donors. To develop new recruitment and…”
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Determining the strength of evidence for an association between sexual indicators and risk of acquiring HIV and sexulaly transmitted infections: Providing evidence for blood donation policy change by Flannagan, Joe, Davison, Katy L, Reynolds, Claire, Brailsford, Susan R

“…In 2019 the For The Assessment Of Individualised Risk (FAIR) project began a review of UK blood donor selection policy to determine if a more individualised…”
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Communicating the move to individualized donor selection policy: Framing messages focused on recipients and safety by Ferguson, Eamonn, Bowen, Sarah, Lawrence, Claire, Starmer, Chris, Barr, Abigail, Davison, Katy, Reynolds, Claire, Brailsford, Susan R

“…Background Men‐who‐have‐sex‐with‐men (MSM) have been deferred from donating blood. However, recent evidence supports the adoption of donor screening based on…”
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The effect of body mass index on the outcome of pregnancy in women with recurrent miscarriage by Lo, Winnie, Rai, Raj, Hameed, Aisha, Brailsford, Susan R, Al-Ghamdi, Ahlam A, Regan, Lesley

“…Maternal obesity is associated with menstrual disorders, infertility and sporadic miscarriages. Recurrent miscarriage (RM) affects at least 1% of couples…”
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Virological safety of the UK blood supply in the era of individual risk assessments and HIV PrEP by Maddox, Victoria, Vallely, Pamela, Brailsford, Susan R., Harvala, Heli

“…A more individualised donor selection policy was implemented in the UK in 2021, which replaced the previous 3‐month deferral for men who have sex with men…”
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Undeclared pre-exposure or post-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP/PEP) use among syphilis-positive blood donors, England, 2020 to 2021 by Maddox, Victoria, Reynolds, Claire, Amara, Alieu, Else, Laura, Brailsford, Susan R, Khoo, Saye, Harvala, Heli

“…An individualised blood donor selection policy was implemented in the United Kingdom from summer 2021. We have investigated the impact of this policy by…”
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Absence of detectable monkeypox virus DNA in 11,000 English blood donations during the 2022 outbreak by Knight, Chanice, Andreani, Julien, Garrett, Neil, Winter, Mark, Golubchik, Tanya, Breuer, Judy, Reynolds, Claire, Brailsford, Susan R., Harvala, Heli, Simmonds, Peter

“…Background A large, worldwide outbreak of mpox (formerly referred to as monkeypox) involving mainly men who have sex with men commenced in May 2022. We…”
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The prototypical UK blood donor, homophily and blood donation: Blood donors are like you, not me by Ferguson, Eamonn, Bowen, Sarah, Mills, Richard, Reynolds, Claire, Davison, Katy, Lawrence, Claire, Maharaj, Roanna, Starmer, Chris, Barr, Abigail, Williams, Tracy, Croucher, Mark, Brailsford, Susan R

“…Homophily represents the extent to which people feel others are like them and encourages the uptake of activities they feel people like them do. Currently,…”
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Oral Candidosis in Community-Based Patients with Advanced Cancer by Davies, Andrew N., MB BS, MSc, MD, FRCP, Brailsford, Susan R., BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD, MFPH, Beighton, David, BSc, PhD, FMedSci, Shorthose, Kate, MB ChB, BSc, Stevens, Victoria C., BM, MRCP

“…Abstract Oral candidosis is a significant cause of morbidity in patients with advanced cancer. The objectives of the study were to determine the epidemiology,…”
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Trust and distrust: Identifying recruitment targets for ethnic minority blood donors by Ferguson, Eamonn, Dawe‐Lane, Erin, Khan, Zaynah, Reynolds, Claire, Davison, Katy, Edge, Dawn, Brailsford, Susan R.

“…Background We explore the role of trust, distrust, and the prevailing socio‐political context to better understand why people from ethnic minority communities…”
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The infected blood inquiry: Impact on public perceptions of blood supply risk, safety, and donation attitudes by Mills, Richard, Merz, Eva‐Maria, Croucher, Mark, Masser, Barbara, Brailsford, Susan R., Smith, Robert, Ferguson, Eamonn

“…Abstract Background The UK's Infected Blood Inquiry (IBI) highlighted a major public health scandal, with at least 30 000 people infected and more than 3000…”
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Challenges for the maintaining the microbiological safety of the UK blood supply by Neuberger, James, Brailsford, Susan R, Mallinson, Gary, Murphy, Michael F, Simmonds, Peter

“…The supply of blood, blood products and components in the UK, as elsewhere, is safe, although there is no cause for complacency. Use of blood, blood products…”
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Hepatitis E virus in blood donors in England, 2016 to 2017: from selective to universal screening by Harvala, Heli, Hewitt, Patricia E, Reynolds, Claire, Pearson, Callum, Haywood, Becky, Tettmar, Kate I, Ushiro-Lumb, Ines, Brailsford, Susan R, Tedder, Richard, Ijaz, Samreen

“…IntroductionHepatitis E virus (HEV), the most common cause of acute hepatitis in many European countries, is transmitted through consumption of processed pork…”
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Questions on travel and sexual behaviours negatively impact ethnic minority donor recruitment: Effect of negative word‐of‐mouth and avoidance by Ferguson, Eamonn, Mills, Richard, Dawe‐Lane, Erin, Khan, Zaynah, Reynolds, Claire, Davison, Katy, Edge, Dawn, Smith, Robert, O'Hagan, Niall, Desai, Roshan, Croucher, Mark, Eaton, Nadine, Brailsford, Susan R.

“…Abstract Background and Objectives Donor selection questions differentially impacting ethnic minorities can discourage donation directly or via negative…”
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Re-assessing the risk of undetected HBV, HCV and HIV in deceased tissue and living surgical bone donors in England by Davison, Katy L., Chandrasekar, Akila, Brailsford, Susan R.

“…Testing of living surgical bone and deceased tissue donors by NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) has included individual donation (ID) nucleic acid testing (NAT)…”
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What are blood donors telling us about injecting drug use? by Reynolds, Claire A., Davison, Katy L., Andrews, Nick, Brailsford, Susan R.

“…Background and objectives Injecting drug use (IDU), a permanent deferral for blood donors, was included in a review of donor selection criteria completed in…”
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Blood donation by men who have sex with men: using evidence to change policy by Davison, Katy L., Reynolds, Claire A., Andrews, Nick, Brailsford, Susan R.

“…Background In 2011 in the United Kingdom (UK), excluding Northern Ireland, the deferral of men who have sex with men (MSM) changed from lifetime to 12 months…”
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In the NAT era, is routine lookback to recipients still required when donors seroconvert for HIV infection? by Vishram, Bhavita, Reynolds, Claire, Brailsford, Susan R., Hewitt, Patricia

“…Human immuno virus screening assays have improved in sensitivity over the last 20 years and our data demonstrates that there is no evidence of missed HIV…”
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The Effect of Antibacterial Monomer MDPB on the Growth of Organisms Associated with Root Caries by YOSHIKAWA, Kazushi, CLARK, Douglas T, BRAILSFORD, Susan R, BEIGHTON, David, WATSON, Timothy F, IMAZATO, Satoshi, MOMOI, Yasuko

“…MDPB, 12-methacryloyloxydodecylpyridinium bromide, was tested for its ability to inhibit the growth of organisms associated with active root caries lesions and…”
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