Blood Transfusion and Donation Articles

• American Red Cross Agrees to Revised Consent Decree to Improve Blood Safety
  ... The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced that the American Red Cross (ARC) has agreed to substantial revisions in its consent decree with the FDA. The revised consent decree includes fin...
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• FDA Issues Guidance on Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome to Further Safeguard the Blood Supply
  ... FDA today issued guidance to the nation's blood establishments on measures for further safeguarding the blood supply against Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). FDA is taking this interim me...
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• Nucleic Acid-Amplification Testing Further Safeguards Nation's Blood Supply, NHLBI Study Shows
  ... State-of-the-art testing systems to screen donated blood have improved the safety of the nation’s blood supply by preventing the transmission of potentially deadly viruses, according to a new st...
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• Update on FDA's Continuing Investigation of Particulate Matter in Blood Shows Normal Blood Components and No Evidence for an Increase in Adverse Events
  ... This statement provides an update to the ongoing investigations of reports of unusual particulate matter in some blood components, primarily red blood cells (RBCs). Although the cause of the particula...
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