Amercan Red Cross Cited by FDA for Blood-Safety Rule Violations
American Red Cross Cited by FDA for Blood-Safety Rule Violations
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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-15/red-cross-cited-by-fda-for-u-s-blood-safety-rule-violations-for-14th-time.html
By Molly Peterson - Jan 14, 2012 11:01 PM CT .
The American Red Cross, the biggest U.S. supplier of donated blood, failed to correct violations of blood-safety rules, raising the risk that ill-suited blood will be used in transfusions, U.S. regulators said.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration fined the Red Cross $9.59 million, according to a letter from the agency to the Red Cross made public on Jan. 13. The organization has been cited 14 times since 2003 and fined about $46 million for similar offenses.
The Red Cross didn’t ensure that all staff had adequate blood-safety training and hasn’t created a complete list of prospective donors who were disqualified from giving blood, according to the letter. The Washington- based consumer group Public Citizen this month urged the agency to levy sanctions.
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14 times????? what is wrong there???
