USA FDA BLOOD RECALL nvCJD aka mad cow disease
RECALLS AND FIELD CORRECTIONS: BIOLOGICS -- CLASS II
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PRODUCT
Source Plasma, Recall # B-1708-6
CODE
Units: MI180733, MI180927, MI181625, MI181780, MI182337, MI182519, MI183140,
MI183311, MI183955, MI185006, MI185278, MI185822, MI186081, MI186855,
MI187183, MI187903, MI188273, MI188695, MI189257, MI189553, MI190136,
MI190473, MI191073, MI191395, MI191972, MI192303, MI193473, MI194343,
04MINA0377, 04MINA0801, 05MINA7147, 05MINA7451, 05MINA8094, 05MINA8504,
05MINA9548, 05MINA9883, 05MINB0489, 05MINB0875, 05MINB1469, 05MINB1874,
05MINB3116, 05MINB7192, 05MINB7529, 05MINB8246, 05MINB8612, 05MINB9236,
05MINB9366, 05MINB9475, 05MINB9641, 05MINC0031, 05MINC0237, 05MINC0336,
05MINC0894, 05MINC0964, 05MINC1138, 05MINC1619, 05MINC1750, 05MINC1907,
05MINC1977, 05MINC2375, 05MINC2774, 05MINC3113, 05MINC3484, 05MINC4277,
05MINC4623, 05MINC5623, 05MINC5914, 05MINC7545, 05MINC7870, 05MINC8355,
05MINC8689, 05MINC9437, 05MINC9775, 05MIND0067, 05MIND0393, 05MIND0892,
05MIND0951, 05MIND1836, 05MIND2183 and 05MIND2962
RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER
BioLife Plasma Services L.P., Muncie, IN, by facsimile on November 22, 2005.
Firm initiated recall is complete.
REASON
Blood products, collected from unsuitable donors based on risk factors for
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD), were distributed.
VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE
80 units
DISTRIBUTION
CA, NC, and MD
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PRODUCT
a) Red Blood Cells, Leukocytes Reduced, Recall # B-1714-6;
b) Fresh Frozen Plasma, Recall # B-1715-6;
c) Platelets, Recall # B-1716-6
CODE
a), b), and c) Unit: 2443732
RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER
South Texas Blood and Tissue Center, San Antonio, TX, by letters dated
November 11, 2003 and December 18, 2003. Firm initiated recall is complete.
REASON
Blood products, collected from a donor who was at increased risk for new
variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (nvCJD), were distributed.
VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE
3 units
DISTRIBUTION
TX and WI
END OF ENFORCEMENT REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 13, 2006
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http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/enforce/2006/ENF00969.html
PRODUCT
Fresh Frozen Plasma, Recall # B-1751-6
CODE
Unit: 4936623
RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER
Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center, Houston, TX, by facsimile dated September
16, 2005. Firm initiated recall is complete.
REASON
Blood product, which was collected from an unsuitable donor based on risk
factors for variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD), was distributed.
VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE
1 unit
DISTRIBUTION
TX
END OF ENFORCEMENT REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 6, 2006
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http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/enforce/2006/ENF00968.html
Mon Aug 7, 2006 10:24
71.248.132.189
PRODUCT
a) Red Blood Cells, Recall # B-1587-6;
b) Cryoprecipitated AHF, Recall # B-1588-6;
c) Recovered Plasma, Recal # B-1589-6
CODE
a), b) and c) Unit: 2016719
RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER
Walter Shepeard Community Blood Center, Inc., Augusta, GA, by facsimile on
March 13, 2003. Firm initiated recall is complete.
REASON
Blood products, which were collected from a donor who may be at increased
risk for variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD), were distributed.
VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE
3 units
DISTRIBUTION
GA and Germany
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PRODUCT
a) Red Blood Cells Leukocytes Reduced, Recall # B-1590-6;
b) Fresh Frozen Plasma, Recall # B-1591-6
CODE
a) and b) Unit: 2443595
RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER
South Texas Blood and Tissue Center, San Antonio, TX, by facsimile on June
30, 2004. Firm initiated recall is complete.
REASON
Blood products, which were collected from a donor who may be at increased
risk for variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD), were distributed.
VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE
2 units
DISTRIBUTION
TX
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PRODUCT
a) Red Blood Cells Leukocytes Reduced, Recall # B-1592-6;
b) Fresh Frozen Plasma, Recall # B-1593-6
CODE
a) and b) Unit: 2545596
RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER
South Texas Blood and Tissue Center, San Antonio, TX, by facsimile on
December 14, 2004 and January 3, 2005. Firm initiated recall is complete.
REASON
Blood products, which were collected from a donor who may be at increased
risk for variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD), were distributed.
VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE
2 units
DISTRIBUTION
TX
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http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/enforce/2006/ENF00963.html
PRODUCT
a) Red Blood Cells Leukocytes Reduced, Recall # B-1550-6;
b) Fresh Frozen Plasma, Recall # B-1551-6
CODE
a) and b) Unit 2395371
RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER
South Texas Blood and Tissue Center, San Antonio, TX, by fax on August 20, 2003. Firm initiated recall is complete.
REASON
Blood products, which were collected from a donor who may be at increased risk for variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD), were distributed.
VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE
2 units
DISTRIBUTION
TX
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PRODUCT
a) Red Blood Cells Leukocytes Reduced, Recall # B-1552-6;
b) Platelets, Recall # B-1553-6;
c) Fresh Frozen Plasma, Recall # B-1554-6
CODE
a), b) and c) Unit 2438702
RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER
South Texas Blood and Tissue Center, San Antonio, TX, by fax on May 29, 2003. Firm initiated recall is complete.
REASON
Blood products, which were collected from a donor who may be at increased risk for variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD), were distributed.
VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE
3 units
DISTRIBUTION
TX
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PRODUCT
a) Red Blood Cells Leukocytes Reduced, Recall # B-1555-6;
b) Fresh Frozen Plasma, Recall # B-1556-6
CODE
a) and b) Unit 2454970
RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER
South Texas Blood and Tissue Center, San Antonio, TX, by fax on July 23 and December 11. 2003. Firm initiated recall is complete.
REASON
Blood products, which were collected from a donor who may be at increased risk for variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD), were distributed.
VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE
2 units
DISTRIBUTION
TX
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PRODUCT
a) Red Blood Cells, Recall # B-1494-6
b) Cryoprecipitated AHF, Recall # B-1495-6
CODE
a) and b) Unit 5013100
RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER
Walter L. Shepeard Community Blood Center, Inc., Augusta, GA, by fax on May 17, 2005. Firm initiated recall is complete.
REASON
Blood products, which were collected from a donor who may be at increased risk for variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD), were distributed.
VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE
2 units
DISTRIBUTION
GA
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PRODUCT
Source Plasma, Recall # B-1450-6
CODE
Unit numbers ST0824313 and ST0824764
RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER
Stillwater Plasma Center LLC, Stillwater, OK, by fax on November 21, 2003. Firm initiated recall is complete.
REASON
Blood products, which were collected from a donor whose suitability pertaining to risk factors for Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD) was not adequately determined, were distributed.
VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE
2 units
DISTRIBUTION
UK
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PRODUCT
Plasma Frozen, Recall # B-1422-6;
Recovered Plasma, Recall # B-1423-6
CODE
a) Unit 03E42218;
b) Unit 03E38153
RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER
American Red Cross Blood Services, Atlanta, GA, by telephone, e-mail or letter on February 20 or 21, 2004. Firm initiated recall is complete.
REASON
Blood products, which were collected from a donor who may be at increased risk for variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD), were distributed.
VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE
2 units
DISTRIBUTION
GA and Switzerland
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PRODUCT
a) Red Blood Cells Leukocytes Reduced, Recall # B-1374-6;
b) Recovered Plasma, Recall # B-1375-6
CODE
a) and b) unit 2453906
RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER
South Texas Blood and Tissue Center, San Antonio, TX, by fax on October 31 and November 5, 2003. Firm initiated recall is complete.
REASON
Blood products, which were collected from a donor who may be at increased risk for variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD), were distributed.
VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE
2 units
DISTRIBUTION
TX and Austria
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PRODUCT
Source Plasma. Recall # B-1295-6
CODE
Units: NG0046551, NG0045950
RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER
DCI Biologicals Nacogdoches LLC, Nacogdoches, TX, by telephone and fax on December 20, 2002, Firm initiated recall is complete.
REASON
Blood products, collected from a donor who did not answer the questions on the new variant Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease (nvCJD) questionnaire appropriately, were distributed.
VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE
2 units
DISTRIBUTION
KY
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PRODUCT
Source Plasma. Recall # B-1296-6
CODE
Unit: NG 0044520
RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER
DCI Biologicals Nacogdoches LLC, Nacogdoches, TX, by telephone and fax on December 12, 2002. Firm initiated recall is complete.
REASON
Blood product, collected from a donor who did not answer the questions on the new variant Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease (nvCJD) questionnaire, was distributed.
VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE
1 unit
DISTRIBUTION
KY
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PRODUCT
Source Plasma. Recall # B-1297-6
CODE
Units: NG0042874, NG0043139, NG0043312, NG0043618, NG0043797, NG0044020, NG0044209, NG0044507, NG0044718, NG0044977, NG0045161, NG0045412, NG0045555
RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER
DCI Biologicals Nacogdoches LLC, Nacogdoches, TX, by telephone and fax on December 20, 2002. Firm initiated recall is complete.
REASON
Blood products, collected from a donor considered to be at increased risk for variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD), were distributed.
VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE
13 units
DISTRIBUTION
KY
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PRODUCT
Source Plasma, Recall # B-1298-6
CODE
Units: NG 0046823, NG 0046671, NG 0045205, NG 0044635, NG 0043095, NG 0042525, NG 0042341
RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER
DCI Biologicals Nacogdoches LLC, Nacogdoches, TX, by telephone and fax on December 20, 2002. Firm initiated recall is complete.
REASON
Blood products, collected from a donor who answered questions on the variant Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease (vCJD) questionnaire inappropriately, were distributed.
VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE
7 units
DISTRIBUTION
KY
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PRODUCT
Recovered Plasma, Recall # B-1299-6
CODE
Unit: 4357117
RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER
Department of the Navy, Naval Medical Center, San Diego, CA, by fax and letter on September 25, 2003. Firm initiated recall is complete.
REASON
Blood product, collected from a donor considered to be at risk of exposure to Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease (CJD), was distributed.
VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE
1 unit
DISTRIBUTION
Germany
END OF ENFORCEMENT REPORT FOR July 12, 2006
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http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/enforce/2006/ENF00960.html
CJD WATCH MESSAGE BOARD
TSS
FDA mad cow nvCJD 'only' blood recalls 1ST WEEK JULY
Fri Jul 7, 2006 09:37
70.110.83.160
FDA mad cow nvCJD 'only' blood recalls 1ST WEEK JULY
PRODUCT
a) Red Blood Cells Leukocytes Reduced, Recall # B-1379-6;
b) Platelets, Recall # B-1380-6;
c) Fresh Frozen Plasma, Recall # 1381-6;
d) Recovered Plasma, Recall # B-1382-6
CODE
a) Unit numbers: 2343106, 2377779, and 2403533;
b) and c) Unit numbers: 2377779;
d) Unit numbers: 2343106 and 2403533
RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER
South Texas Blood and Tissue Center, San Antonio, TX, by facsimile on June 12, 2003. Firm initiated recall is complete.
REASON
Blood products, which were collected from a donor who may be at increased risk for variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD), were distributed.
VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE
7 units
DISTRIBUTION
TX and Austria
______________________________
PRODUCT
a) Red Blood Cells Leukocytes Reduced, Recall # B-1467-6;
b) Recovered Plasma, Recall # B-1468-6
CODE
a) and b) Unit numbers: 2329380
RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER
South Texas Blood and Tissue Center, San Antonio, TX, by facsimile on May 8, 2003. Firm initiated recall is complete.
REASON
Blood products, which were collected from a donor who may be at increased risk for variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD), were distributed.
VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE
2 units
DISTRIBUTION
TX and Switzerland
______________________________
PRODUCT
a) Red Blood Cells Leukocytes Reduced, Recall # B-1479-6;
b) Cryoprecipitated AHF, Recall # B-1480-6;
c) Recovered Plasma, Recall # B-1481-6
CODE
a), b), and c) Unit numbers: 2383280
RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER
South Texas Blood and Tissue Center, San Antonio, TX, by facsimile on July 23 and 29, 2004. Firm initiated recall is complete.
REASON
Blood products, which were collected from a donor who may be at increased risk for variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD), were distributed.
VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE
3 units
DISTRIBUTION
TX and Switzerland
______________________________
PRODUCT
a) Red Blood Cells Leukocytes Reduced, Recall # B-1482-6;
b) Fresh Frozen Plasma, Recall # B-1483-6
CODE
a) and b) Unit number: 2501452
RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER
South Texas Blood and Tissue Center, San Antonio, TX, by facsimile on October 5, 2004. Firm initiated recall is complete.
REASON
Blood products, which were collected from a donor who may be at increased risk for variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD), were distributed.
VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE
2 units
DISTRIBUTION
TX and NY
______________________________
PRODUCT
a) Red Blood Cells Leukocytes Reduced, Recall # B-1484-6;
b) Plasma Cryoprecipitated Reduced, Recall # B-1485-6;
c) Recovered Plasma, Recall # B-1486-6
CODE
a) and c) Unit number: 2554077;
b) Unit number: 2415708
RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER
South Texas Blood and Tissue Center, San Antonio, TX, by facsimile on August 13, 2004. Firm initiated recall is complete.
REASON
Blood products, which were collected from a donor who may be at increased risk for variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD), were distributed.
VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE
3 units
DISTRIBUTION
TX and Austria
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END OF ENFORCEMENT REPORT FOR July 5, 2006
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http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/enforce/2006/ENF00959.html
Prion infections, blood and transfusions
Adriano Aguzzi* and Markus Glatzel
Prion infections lead to invariably fatal diseases of the CNS, including
Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD) in humans, bovine spongiform
encephalopathy (BSE), and scrapie in sheep. There have been hundreds
of instances in which prions have been transmitted iatrogenically among
humans, usually through neurosurgical procedures or administration of
pituitary tissue extracts. Prions have not generally been regarded as bloodborne
infectious agents, and case–control studies have failed to identify
CJD in transfusion recipients. Previous understanding was, however,
questioned by reports of prion infections in three recipients of blood
donated by individuals who subsequently developed variant CJD. On
reflection, hematogenic prion transmission does not come as a surprise, as
involvement of extracerebral compartments such as lymphoid organs and
skeletal muscle is common in most prion infections, and prions have been
recovered from the blood of rodents and sheep. Novel diagnostic strategies,
which might include the use of surrogate markers of prion infection, along
with prion removal strategies, might help to control the risk of iatrogenic
prion spread through blood transfusions. ...
snip...
Last, despite all epidemiological evidence to
the contrary, patients who are methionine/valine
heterozygous at codon 129 of the PRNP gene are
susceptible to infection with vCJD prions, which
raises several important questions. Is the virulence
of BSE prions enhanced when passaged
from human to human, as opposed to the
original bovine to human situation? Passaging
experiments of scrapie infectivity between mice
and hamsters indicate that this scenario is highly
plausible.6 Even more importantly, can vCJD
infection of heterozygous individuals establish
a permanent subclinical carrier state? Although
this situation might constitute a best-case
scenario for the infected individuals, it could be
disastrous from an epidemiological viewpoint,
as it might lead to an unrecognized and possibly
self-sustaining epidemic. ...
snip... full text ;
JUNE 2006 VOL 2 NO 6 AGUZZI AND GLATZEL NATURE CLINICAL PRACTICE NEUROLOGY 329
www.nature.com/clinicalpractice/neuro
© SEAC 2006
NINETY FOURTH MEETING OF THE SPONGIFORM
ENCEPHALOPATHY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
The Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee held its 94th
meeting in Belfast on 21st September 2006
http://www.seac.gov.uk/summaries/seac94_summary.pdf
TOTAL CASES OF SPORADIC CJD (DEATHS)
DEFINITE AND PROBABLE CASES
http://www.eurocjd.ed.ac.uk/sporadic.htm
TOTAL CASES OF FAMILIAL/GENETIC CJD AND IATROGENIC CJD DEATHS TO 30 JUNE 2006
http://www.eurocjd.ed.ac.uk/genetic.htm
SEE STEADY INCREASE IN SPORADIC CJD IN THE USA FROM
1997 TO 2006. SPORADIC CJD CASES TRIPLED, with phenotype
of 'UNKNOWN' strain growing. ...
http://www.cjdsurveillance.com/resources-casereport.html
FDA Fines American Red Cross $4.2 Million (BLOOD CJD)
Fri Sep 8, 2006 20:01
71.248.154.242
FDA Statement
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Statement
September 8, 2006
Media Inquiries:
301-827-6242
Consumer Inquiries:
888-INFO-FDA
FDA Fines American Red Cross $4.2 Million for Failure to Meet Established
Blood Safety Laws
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today that the
American Red Cross (ARC) is being fined $4.2 million for failure to comply
with requirements under Federal laws and FDA regulations relating to the
collection of blood products. These fines were assessed under an amended
2003 consent decree that calls for significant financial penalties when ARC
fails to comply with FDA regulations and consent decree provisions designed
to ensure the safety of the nation's blood supply.
The fines stem from a recently completed FDA review of recalls conducted by
ARC between 2003 and 2005 that found these events were preventable by ARC.
The violations include breaches of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) such as
a failure to ask appropriate donor screening questions and failure to follow
manufacturer test protocols. We have no evidence that these violations
resulted in serious health consequences.
Because receiving blood products always carries a degree of risk, it is
important that the blood industry complies with the full set of safeguards
in Federal laws and FDA regulations to minimize that risk. However, any
particular breach of the safeguards does not necessarily translate into
unsafe blood products, because the safeguards designed to protect the blood
supply are to some extent overlapping. The FDA continues to advise care
providers and consumers that rigorous protections are in place and that the
blood supply is safe. Patients in need of a transfusion should continue to
follow the advice of their physicians. The risks of receiving a transfusion
are far less than the risk of failing to receive a transfusion when blood
treatment is indicated.
Improvements in donor screening procedures and the use of a variety of new
tests in the last few years have made the national blood supply safer from
infectious diseases and other risks than it has been at any other time.
However, because there is always some degree of risk in receiving blood
products, each individual safeguard is considered critical to minimizing
that risk. Although the failure of an individual safeguard does not
automatically translate into the release of unsafe products, it may increase
the potential for risk. It is the potential risk that FDA insists the Red
Cross Board of Directors prioritize and support its new management's ability
to immediately address and work to improve its approach to quality.
The amended consent decree requires ARC to:
Establish clear lines of managerial control over a newly established
comprehensive quality assurance system in all regions;
To enhance training programs; and
To improve computer systems, records management, and policies for
investigating and reporting problems, including adverse reactions
Since entry of the 2003 consent decree and prior to this action, FDA has
issued the American Red Cross seven similar letters and assessed a total of
$5.7 million in penalties.
While achieving a blood supply with zero risk of transmitting infectious
disease is the ultimate objective, we recognize based on the available
science that this may not be realistic. Therefore, the FDA requires blood
processors to adopt and strictly follow a multi-layered safety program to
protect and enhance the safety of blood products at each stage of their
manufacture. At the blood collection stage, these measures generally
include:
Accurate and complete educational material for donors so that they can
assess their risk and decline to donate if that is appropriate;
Administration of donor screening questions to identify safety risks;
Checking of lists to prevent use of blood from persons known to be
ineligible to donate;
Quality controlled infectious disease testing procedures;
Inventory controls to prevent the release of units that are unsuitable;
Appropriate handling and distribution of blood and blood products for
patient use; and
Investigation and correction of deviations from standards
ARC is responsible for approximately 45% of the nation's blood supply; other
independent community-based blood centers together provide another 45%, and
hospitals collect most of the remaining 10%.
Blood donations are critically needed every day to save lives, and blood
donation is a safe procedure. FDA encourages persons who are in good health
to donate blood and to become regular blood donors.
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Terry S. Singeltary Sr.
P.O. Box 42
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