Translation of "évaluation de la susceptibilité à l'infection " (French → English) :

This assessment must include relevant factors that may assist in identifying and screening out persons whose donation could present a health risk to others, such as the possibility of transmitting diseases (such as sexually transmitted infections), or health risks to themselves (e.g. superovulation, sedation or the risks associated with the egg collection procedure or the psychological consequences of being a donor).

- assessing the value of clinical and microbiological criteria for diagnosis of infections, including the use of rapid diagnostic tests,

(e) implementing hygiene and infection control standards in institutions (hospitals, child care facilities, nursing homes etc.) and in the community, and assessing their impact in the prevention of communicable diseases and the need for antimicrobial agents.

(4) Whereas the Scientific Steering Committee adopted an opinion on safety of gleatine on 26 and 27 March 1998 which was updated on 18 and 19 February 1999; whereas this opinion addresses the questions under which conditions of sourcing of the material and/or of type of material used and/or production process gelatine destined for human consumption can be considered free of bovine spongiform encephalapathy (BSE) infectivity; whereas in this opinion, the Scientific Steering Committee distinguishes the recommended measures between different categories of geographical risk; whereas a final implementation can only follow after classificat ...[+++]ion of countries and regions; whereas on 21 May 1999, at the general session of the International Office of Epizootics (IOE) Committee, a proposal of the IOE International Animal health Code Commission concerning the criteria for the determination of the BSE status of a country or zone was adopted; whereas in accordance to the procedure laid down in Commission Recommendation 98/477/EC(6), concerning information necessary to support applications for the evaluation of the epidemiological status of countries with respect to transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, certain Member States and third countries submitted data necessary to allow assessment of their geographical risk; whereas, considering recent development of the IOE Code on BSE, pending the above scientific assessment and the subsequent decision making, the entry into force of rules for the production of gelatine derived from ruminant bones should be suspended until Community legislation concerning classification of countries or regions as regards their BSE status is applicable; whereas the Commission will initiate the procedure for the entry into force of rules for the production of gelatine derived from ruminant bones without delay after the adoption of Community legislation concerning classification of countries or regions as regards their BSE status;

(4) Whereas the Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) adopted an opinion on BSE risk on 27 March 1998; whereas in that opinion the SSC recognised three major issues in considering the risk of BSE: first, the risk of human exposure arising from the direct consumption of potentially infective material, secondly, the risk to man from ingesting or being exposed to processed, potentially infective material, and, thirdly, the risk of propagating the infection by recycling the infective material through animal feed; whereas the Code Commission of the International Office of Epizootics (OIE) also proposes that the assessment of the risk to human ...[+++] and animal health in countries, or regions within countries, be based on a combination of the spread of BSE and the application of measures to control the risk;

(6) Whereas the level of risk of propagating or introducing the disease from live cattle to unaffected animal populations is considered to be considerable; whereas additional measures proposed by Portugal to address the risk of exposing humans and animals to infected material are considered to be adequate; whereas account should be taken of the effective implementation and assessment of effective enforcement of those measures; whereas, therefore, the prohibition on the dispatch of bovine products can be limited in time, provided that a risk assessment conducted on the basis of the findings of a mission of the Food and Veterinary Office, taking into ac ...[+++]count the evolution of the disease, demonstrates that appropriate measures have been taken to manage any risk, and that the relevant Community and national measures are complied with and effectively enforced; whereas the period foreseen for the prohibition on the export of meat and certain other products could be reduced in the event of a favourable outcome of such risk assessment;