MARCH 2000

MARCH 2000

WEEK ENDING MARCH 3

PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells; b) Platelets; c) Plasma; d) Recovered Plasma.
CODE Unit Numbers: a) 29FG59198, 29FR93274, 29FC46434; b) 29FR9327; c) 29FR93274; d) 29FG59198, 29FX46266, 29FC46434.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Norfolk, Virginia.
DISTRIBUTION Virginia, California, Switzerland.
QUANTITY a) 3 units; b) 1 unit; c) 1 unit; d) 3 units were distributed.
REASON Blood products were collected from a donor with a history of hepatitis.

PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells; b) Red Blood Cells, Leukoreduced, Irradiated; c) Platelets; d) Cryoprecipitated AHF; e) Cryoprecipitated AHF, Pooled; f) Fresh Frozen Plasma; g) Plasma, Cryoreduced; h) Recovered Plasma.
CODE Unit Numbers: a) 21GC39174, 21GC33431, 21GC26695, 21GC17776, 21GL27767, 21GG76874, 21Y35689; b) 21GC57900; c) 21GG76874; d) 21GC39174, 21GC33431, 21GC26695, 21GC17776, 21Y35689; e) 21E11552; f) 21GG76874; g) 21GC17776, 21GL27767; h) 21GC39174, 21GC33431, 21GC26695, 21Y35689.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross, Pacific Northwest Regional Blood Services, Portland, Oregon.
DISTRIBUTION Oregon, California, Oklahoma, Texas, Nebraska, Washington State, Switzerland.
QUANTITY a) 7 units; b) 1 unit; c) 1 unit; d) 5 units; e) 1 unit; f) 1 unit; g) 2 units; h) 4 units were distributed.
REASON Blood products tested negative for anti-HCV, but was collected from a donor who previously tested repeatedly reactive for anti-HCV, with an indeterminate RIBA test.

PRODUCT Cornea
CODE IN-99-04-058-L-1.
MANUFACTURER Indiana Lions Eye Bank, Indianapolis, Indiana.
DISTRIBUTION Michigan.
QUANTITY 1 unit.
REASON Cornea was collected from a donor who had been incarcerated.

PRODUCT Platelets, Pheresis, Leukocytes Reduced
CODE Unit Numbers: 9945018, 9945025, 9950293.
MANUFACTURER Hoxworth Blood Center, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio.
DISTRIBUTION Ohio.
QUANTITY 3 units were distributed.
REASON Three units of Platelets, Pheresis, which did not have a white blood cell count determination, were labeled as Leukocyte Reduced.

PRODUCT a) Platelets; b) Platelets, Pheresis
CODE 13FL82907, 13FL82908, 13FL82909, 13FL82910, 13FL82911, 13FL82912, 13FL82914, 13FL82915, 13FL82916, 13FL82917, 13FL82918, 13FL82919, 13FL82922, 13FL82924, 13FL82925, 13FL82926, 13FL82927, 13FL82928, 13FL82929, 13FL82936, 13FL82939, 13FL82942, 13FL82944, 13FL82945, 13FL82946, 13FL82948, 13FL82950, 13FL82951, 13FL82957, 13FL82958, 13FL82960, 13FL82962, 13FL82963, 13FL82964, 13FL82965, 13FL82966, 13FL82968, 13FL82969, 13FL82970, 13FL82971, 13FL82972, 13FL82973, 13FL82974, 13FL82975, 13FL82976, 13FL82978, 13FL82979, 13FL82981, 13FL82982, 13FL82984, 13FL82987, 13FL82988, 13FL82989, 13FL82990, 13FL82991, 13FL82993, 13FL82994, 13FL82995, 13FL82997, 13FL82998, 13FL82999, 13FL83000, 13FL83002, 13FL83003, 13FL83005, 13FL83006, 13FL83010, 13FL83011, 13FL83013, 13FL83014, 13FL83015, 13FL83020, 13FL83022, 13FL83029, 13FL83030, 13FL83031, 13FL83032, 13FL83033, 13FL83034, 13FL83035, 13FL83036, 13FL83037, 13FL83038, 13FL83039, 13FL83041, 13FL83042, 13FL83044, 13FL83045, 13FL83047, 13FL83048, 13FL83049, 13FL83051, 13FL83052, 13FL83053, 13FL83054, 13FM36861, 13FM36862, 13FM36863, 13FM36867, 13FM36868, 13FM36869, 13FM36870, 13FM36871, 13FM36872, 13FM36873, 13FM36875, 13FM36876, 13FM36877, 13FM36879, 13FM36881, 13FM36882, 13FM36883, 13FM36887, 13FM36888, 13FM36889, 13FM37558, 13FN35431, 13FN35437, 13FN35453, 13FN35455, 13FN35457, 13FN35461, 13FN35463, 13FN35464, 13FN35465, 13FN35466, 13FN35468, 13FN35469, 13FN35471, 13FN35472, 13FS63574, 13FS63575, 13FS63576, 13FS63577, 13FS63579, 13FS63580, 13FS63582, 13FS63584, 13FS63585, 13FS63586, 13FS63587, 13FS63588, 13FS63589, 13FS63590, 13FS63591, 13FS63592, 13FS63593, 13FS63594, 13FS63595, 13FS63596, 13FS63597, 13FS63598, 13FS63600, 13FS63602, 13FS63604, 13FY37855, 13FY37857, 13FY37865, 13FY37866, 13FY37867, 13FY37868, 13FY37869, 13FY37870, 13FY37871, 13FY37874, 13FY37875, 13GR04939, 13GR04943, 13GR04945, 13GR04963, 13GR04967, 13GR04968, 13GR04969, 13GR04970, 13GR04971, 13GR04972, 13GR04974, 13GR04978, 13GR04979, 13GR04983, 13GV00003, 13GV00006, 13GV00007, 13GV00009, 13GV00010, 13GV00011, 13GV00012, 13GV00013, 13GV00014, 13GV00015, 13GV00016, 13GV00017, 13GV00018, 13GV00019, 13GV00021, 13GV00023, 13GV00024, 13GV00025, 13GV00026, 13GV00027, 13GV00028, 13GV00030, 13GV00031, 13GV00032, 13GV00033, 13GV00034, 13GV00035, 13GV00036, 13GV00040, 13GV00041, 13GX11551, 13GX11552, 13GX11553, 13GX11555, 13GX11560, 13GX11564, 13GX11567, 13GX11568, 13GX11571, 13GX11578, 13GX11580, 13GX11600, 13GX11601, 13GZ29733, 13GZ29734, 13GZ29735, 13GZ29736, 13GZ29747, 13GZ29749, 13GZ29750, 13LG54017, 13LG54020, 13LG54023, 13LG54024, 13LG54025, 13LG54027, 13LG54028, 13LG54029, 13LG54030, 13LG54034, 13LG54035, 13LG54036, 13LG54039, 13LG54044, 13LG54047, 13LG54048, 13LG54049, 13V99769, 13V99773, 13V99774, 13V99775, 13V99778, 13V99781, 13V99783, 13V99785, 13V99786, 13V99787, 13V99788, 13V99794, 13V99797, 13V99798, 13V99799, 13W91073. b) 13P72150, 13P72152, 13P72155, 13P72150, 13P72152.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross, Detroit, Michigan.
DISTRIBUTION Michigan.
QUANTITY a) 263 units; b) 5 units were distributed.
REASON Blood products were stored at unmonitored temperatures.

PRODUCT Peanut, Arachis hypogaea, in 5 ml vials.
CODE Lot #G9006814.
MANUFACTURER Allergy Laboratories of Ohio, Inc., Columbus, Ohio.
DISTRIBUTION New York.
QUANTITY 1 vial was distributed.
REASON Allergenic extract, labeled with a concentration of 1,000 PNU/ml, actually contains 835 PNU/ml.

WEEK ENDING MARCH 10

PRODUCT Red Blood Cells.
CODE Unit #35GG57199.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross, Roanoke, Virginia.
DISTRIBUTION Puerto Rico.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product was collected from a donor who reported travel to an area designated as endemic for malaria.

PRODUCT a) Fresh Frozen Plasma; b) Cryoprecipitated AHF.
CODE Unit Numbers: a) K89013, K89011, K89010, G85428, L38575, L38577, L38582, J07304, L38541, L38317; b) K86989, K87000, K87005, K87014.
MANUFACTURER HCSC Blood Center, doing business as Miller Memorial Blood Center, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
DISTRIBUTION New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
QUANTITY a) 10 units; b) 4 units were distributed.
REASON Blood products were not tested for the HIV-1 antigen.

PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells; b) Platelets; c) Fresh Frozen Plasma; d) Red Blood Cells for Further Manufacture.
CODE Unit Numbers: a) 22LN56388, 22GZ47635, 22KP09257; b) 22KP09257, 22LN56388, 22GZ47635, 22KP02044
c) 22KP09257, 22LN56388, 22GZ47635, 22KP02044; d) 22KP02044.
MANUFACTURER American National Red Cross, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
DISTRIBUTION Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania.
QUANTITY a) 3 units; b) 4 units; c) 4 units; d) 1 unit.
REASON Blood products tested negative for anti-HCV, but was collected from a donor who previously tested reactive for anti-HCV.

PRODUCT Platelets.
CODE Unit Numbers: 0331215, 0331216, 0331217, 0331222, 0331232, 0331233, 0331249.
MANUFACTURER Inland Northwest Blood Center, Spokane, Washington.
DISTRIBUTION Washington state.
QUANTITY 7 units were distributed.
REASON Blood products had unacceptable platelet counts, were distributed.

PRODUCT Platelets.
CODE Unit #LR33630.
MANUFACTURER The Blood Center of Central Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa.
DISTRIBUTION Iowa.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Platelets were prepared from a unit collected from a donor who had taken aspirin within three days of donation.

PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells; b) Cryoprecipitated AHF; c) Recovered Plasma.
CODE Unit Numbers: a) KS30659; b) LC29185; c) KS30659 and LC29185.
MANUFACTURER The Blood Center of Central Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa.
DISTRIBUTION Iowa and Switzerland.
QUANTITY a) 1 unit; b) 1 unit; c) 2 units were distributed.
REASON Blood products were collected from a donor with a history of Multiple Sclerosis.

PRODUCT Stein 4 Molds, allergenic extract containing A. terreus/ Hormodendrum/A. alternata/P. chrysogenum, 50 ml vials, labeled as containing 2,500 PNU/mL of each of the molds.
CODE Lot E9007188.
MANUFACTURER Allergy Laboratories of Ohio, Inc., Columbus, Ohio.
DISTRIBUTION New York.
QUANTITY 1 vial distributed.
REASON Allergenic extract was labeled with a concentration of 2,500 PNU/ml for each of the four molds present, actually contains 308 PNU/ml of A. alternaria.

PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells; b) Platelets; c) Recovered Plasma.
CODE Unit Numbers: a) 53G33713, 53GN26570; b) 53GN26570; c) 53G33713, 53GN26570.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Baltimore, Maryland.
DISTRIBUTION Maryland and California.
QUANTITY a) 2 units; b) 1 unit; c) 2 units were distributed.
REASON Blood products were collected from a donor who had been deferred for high risk behavior.

PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells; b) Recovered Plasma.
CODE Unit #35FH28525.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross, Roanoke, Virginia.
DISTRIBUTION Puerto Rico and New York.
QUANTITY 1 unit of each component was distributed.
REASON Blood products were collected from a donor with a history of Hepatitis.

PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells; b) Platelets; c) Recovered Plasma.
CODE Unit Numbers: a) KR30855, KR30905, KM46781; b) KL89328; c) KR30855.
MANUFACTURER Virginia Blood Services, Richmond, Virginia.
DISTRIBUTION Virginia and Switzerland.
QUANTITY a) 3 units; b) 1 unit; c) 1 unit.
REASON Blood products were collected from donors who had identified the donations for confidential self exclusion.

PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells; b) Recovered Plasma.
CODE Unit #LT12895.
MANUFACTURER The Blood Center of Central Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa.
DISTRIBUTION Iowa and Switzerland.
QUANTITY 1 unit of each component was distributed.
REASON Blood products were collected from a donor with a history of cancer.

PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells; b) Platelets.
CODE Unit Numbers: a) 29FN27984, 29KM06306, 29KL11239 b) 29KM06306, 29KL11239.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Norfolk, Virginia.
DISTRIBUTION North Carolina, Virginia, Puerto Rico.
QUANTITY a) 3 units; b) 2 units were distributed.
REASON Blood products were collected from a donor who reported having lived in area designated as endemic for malaria.

PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells; b) Platelets, Pooled; c) Platelets, Pheresis.
CODE Unit Numbers: a) KT86360, LC22518; b) LP26654, LP27481; c) P17560.
MANUFACTURER The Blood Center of Central Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa.
DISTRIBUTION Iowa and Pennsylvania.
QUANTITY a) 2 units; b) 2 units; c) 1 unit.
REASON Blood products were collected from a donor who reported travel to an area designated as endemic for malaria.

PRODUCT Platelets, Pheresis.
CODE Unit #P19202.
MANUFACTURER The Blood Center of Central Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa.
DISTRIBUTION Iowa.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product had an unacceptable platelet count.

PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells; b) Platelets; c) Plasma.
CODE Unit # 53FK36823.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Baltimore, Maryland.
DISTRIBUTION Maryland.
QUANTITY 1 unit of each component was distributed.
REASON Blood products were collected from a donor with a history of having tested positive for HCV.

PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells; b) Recovered Plasma.
CODE Unit #53GE21328.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Baltimore, Maryland.
DISTRIBUTION Maryland and California.
QUANTITY 1 unit of each component was distributed.
REASON Blood products were collected from a donor with a history of having tested positive for Hepatitis C.

PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells; b) Platelets.
CODE Unit #53LL42947.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Baltimore, Maryland.
DISTRIBUTION Maryland.
QUANTITY 1 unit of each component was distributed.
REASON Blood products were collected from a donor with a history of having tested positive for Hepatitis.

PRODUCT a) Red Blood cells; b) Recovered Plasma.
CODE Unit Numbers: LT12134 and LR32002.
MANUFACTURER The Blood Center of Central Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa.
DISTRIBUTION Iowa and Switzerland.
QUANTITY 2 units of each component were distributed.
REASON Blood products were collected from a donor with a history of polycyhthemia.

PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells; b) Recovered Plasma
CODE Unit #29GZ07670.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Norfolk, Virginia.
DISTRIBUTION North Carolina and California.
QUANTITY 1 unit of each component was distributed.
REASON Blood products were collected from an unsuitable donor.

PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells; b) Recovered Plasma.
CODE Unit Numbers: a) LT15150, LT16581, LT18133; b) LT18133.
MANUFACTURER The Blood Center of Central Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa.
DISTRIBUTION Iowa, New York, Switzerland.
QUANTITY a) 3 units; b) 1 unit.
REASON Blood products were collected from an unsuitable donor.

PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells; b) Platelets, Pooled; c) Fresh Frozen Plasma; d) Recovered Plasma.
CODE Unit Numbers: a) KW31142, KW31143, LR35855, LR35858, LR35859, KW31138, KW31145, KW31139, KW31147, KW31140;
b) LP33699. LP33698, LP33689, LP33694; c) KW31142, LR35855, KW31139; d) LR35858, KW31144, KW31138, KW31145 KW31147, KW31140.
MANUFACTURER The Blood Center of Central Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa.
DISTRIBUTION Iowa, Texas, New York, Switzerland.
QUANTITY a) 10 units; b) 4 units; c) 3 units; d) 6 units were distributed.
REASON Blood products were not properly tested for HIV-p24 antigen.

PRODUCT Red Blood Cells
CODE Unit Numbers: 36252-5774 and 36253-2058.
MANUFACTURER United Blood Services, Ventura, California.
RECALLED BY Blood Systems, Inc., Scottsdale, Arizona
DISTRIBUTION California.
QUANTITY 2 units were distributed.
REASON Blood products were collected from a donor who reported travel to an area designated as endemic for malaria.

PRODUCT Red Blood Cells.
CODE Unit #1434310.
MANUFACTURER Central Kentucky Blood Center (CKBC), Lexington, Kentucky.
DISTRIBUTION Kentucky.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product was collected from a donor who reported travel to an area designated as endemic for malaria.

PRODUCT Platelets.
CODE Unit #01GC29190.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Syracuse, New York.
DISTRIBUTION New York.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product was collected from a donor with a history of cancer.

PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells; b) Platelets.
CODE Unit #1608032.
MANUFACTURER Central Kentucky Blood Center (CKBC), Lexington, Kentucky.
DISTRIBUTION Kentucky.
QUANTITY 1 unit of each component was distributed.
REASON Blood products were collected from a donor who reported travel to an area designated as endemic for malaria.

PRODUCT Red Blood Cells.
CODE Unit #35GG72834.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross, Roanoke, Virginia.
DISTRIBUTION West Virginia.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product was collected from a donor with a history of cancer.

PRODUCT Platelets.
CODE Unit #1604105.
MANUFACTURER Central Kentucky Blood Center (CKBC), Lexington, Kentucky.
DISTRIBUTION Kentucky.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Platelets were prepared from a unit collected from a donor who had taken aspirin on the day of donation.

PRODUCT Platelets.
CODE Unit #W03724.
MANUFACTURER Virginia Blood Services, Richmond, Virginia.
DISTRIBUTION Virginia.
QUANTITY 1 was distributed.
REASON Blood product was not quarantined after receiving information concerning a post donation illness.

PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells; b) Recovered Plasma.
CODE Unit #16LY68491.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Columbus, Ohio.
DISTRIBUTION Ohio and California.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood products were collected from a donor with a history of jaundice and mononucleosis.

WEEK ENDING MARCH 17

PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells; b) Platelets; c) Recovered Plasma.
CODE Unit #42FY93813.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Cleveland, Ohio.
DISTRIBUTION Ohio and California.
QUANTITY 1 unit of each component was distributed,
REASON Blood products tested negative for anti-HCV but were collected from a donor who previously tested reactive for anti-HCV.

PRODUCT Corneas.
CODE Identification Numbers: 0045-00-01 and 0045-00-02.
MANUFACTURER Lions Medical Eye Bank and Research Center of Eastern Virginia, Norfolk, Virginia.
DISTRIBUTION West Virginia.
QUANTITY 2 units were distributed.
REASON Corneas were collected from a door who tested repeatedly reactive for the Hepatitis B core antibody (anti-HBc).

PRODUCT Various Human Freeze Dried Bone and/or Frozen Musculoskeletal Tissues for Transplant including: Corticocancellous Chips, Cancellous Cubes, Cloward Dowel, Frozen Archilles Tendon, Frozen Bisected Patellar, Frozen Distal Femur, Frozen Femoral Head, Frozen Fibula Condyle, Frozen Humeral Head, Fibula Segment, Fascia Lata, Frozen Whole Patellar, Iliac Crest Wedge.
CODE Donor ID: KHV019, LAC732, LAY499, LAH897.
MANUFACTURER LifeNet, Virginia Beach, Virginia (processor).
RECALLED BY New England Organ Bank, Newton, Massachusetts
DISTRIBUTION Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Kentucky, Louisiana, Virginia.
QUANTITY 133 grafts distributed.
REASON Various tissues for transplant which were collected from four donors who had not been properly evaluated.

PRODUCT Red Blood Cells.
CODE Unit #3544246.
MANUFACTURER Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center, Houston, Texas.
DISTRIBUTION Texas.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product was collected from a donor who received a tattoo within 12 months of donation.

PRODUCT Red Blood Cells.
CODE Unit #4456418.
MANUFACTURER Inland Northwest Blood Center, Spokane, Washington.
DISTRIBUTION Washington state.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product was incorrectly tested for CMV.

PRODUCT Platelets.
CODE Unit #16LV48159.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Columbus, Ohio.
DISTRIBUTION Ohio.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product was collected from a donor with a history of IV drug use and incarceration.

PRODUCT Red Blood Cells
CODE Unit #1588682.
MANUFACTURER Central Kentucky Blood Center, Lexington, Kentucky.
DISTRIBUTION Kentucky.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product was distributed after receiving a post donation inquiry from the donor regarding test results.

PRODUCT Platelets, Pheresis.
CODE Unit #01GK08941.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Syracuse, New York.
DISTRIBUTION Pennsylvania.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product did not meet the platelet yield criteria for a split product was distributed labeled as licensed.

PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells; b) Recovered Plasma.
CODE Unit #40FF43210.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Peoria, Illinois.
DISTRIBUTION Illinois and New York.
QUANTITY 1 unit of each component was distributed.
REASON Blood products were collected from a donor who previously tested positive for hepatitis B.

PRODUCT Red Blood Cells and Recovered Plasma.
CODE Unit #40GE33865.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Peoria, Illinois.
DISTRIBUTION Missouri, Georgia, Switzerland.
QUANTITY 1 unit of each component was distributed.
REASON Blood products were collected from a donor who had non-sterile ear piercing performed within 12 months of donation.

PRODUCT Source Plasma.
CODE Unit #0450566151.
MANUFACTURER NABI BioMedical Center, Youngstown, Ohio.
RECALLED BY NABI, Boca Raton, Florida
DISTRIBUTION England.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product was collected from a donor who previously reported a blood/body fluid exposure.

PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells; b) Platelets.
CODE Unit Numbers a) 16LW34386, 16LW33088, 16LW31634; b) 16LW34386 and 16LW31634.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Columbus, Ohio.
DISTRIBUTION Ohio and Alabama.
QUANTITY a) 3 units; b) 2 units were distributed.
REASON Blood products were collected from a donor who traveled to an area considered endemic for malaria.

PRODUCT Red Blood Cells.
CODE Unit Numbers: W66145 and W86808.
MANUFACTURER Aurora Area Blood Bank, Aurora, Illinois.
DISTRIBUTION Illinois.
QUANTITY 2 units were distributed.
REASON Blood products which were not tested for the C antigen and were labeled C negative.

PRODUCT Red Blood Cells.
CODE Unit #N02433.
MANUFACTURER Central California Blood Center, Fresno, California.
DISTRIBUTION California.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product was positive for the C and e antigens but was labeled negative for C and e.

PRODUCT Red Blood Cells.
CODE Unit #3482621.
MANUFACTURER Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center, Houston, Texas.
DISTRIBUTION Texas.
REASON Blood product tested positive for the Fyb antigen was labeled Fyb negative.

PRODUCT Fresh Frozen Plasma.
CODE Unit Numbers: 18215-4179, 18215-4193, 18215-4195.
MANUFACTURER United Blood Services, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
RECALLED BY Blood Systems, Inc., Scottsdale, Arizona
DISTRIBUTION Nebraska.
QUANTITY 3 units were distributed.
REASON Blood products may have been incorrectly tested for unexpected antibodies.

PRODUCT Red Blood Cells.
CODE Unit Numbers: 31019422, 31019436, 32011129, 32011211, 32011326, 34022244, 10017580, 31019541, 11013776, 31019496, 13002078, 13002083, 34022297, 34022300, 31019371, 34021960.
MANUFACTURER W.E. and Lela I. Stewart Blood Center, Inc., Tyler, Texas.
DISTRIBUTION Texas.
QUANTITY 16 units were distributed.
REASON Blood products were stored at unacceptable temperatures.

PRODUCT Platelets.
CODE Unit #7778558.
MANUFACTURER LifeSource, Glenview, Illinois.
DISTRIBUTION Illinois.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product was collected from a donor who had traveled to an area designated as endemic for malaria.

PRODUCT Platelets and Fresh Frozen Plasma.
CODE Unit #L62997.
MANUFACTURER Northern Illinois Blood Bank, Rockford, Illinois.
DISTRIBUTION Illinois.
QUANTITY 1 unit of each component was distributed.
REASON Blood products corresponded to a unit of Red Blood Cells that were implicated in a transfusion reaction and was found to be contaminated with coagulase negative Staphylococcus, and Streptococcus.

PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells; b) Platelets, Pooled; c) Fresh Frozen Plasma.
CODE Unit Numbers: a) 9987170; b) 0066783; c) 9987170.
MANUFACTURER Hoxworth Blood Center, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio.
DISTRIBUTION Ohio.
QUANTITY 1 unit of each component was distributed.
REASON Blood products were collected from an unsuitable donor.

PRODUCT English Plantain, Allergenic Extract, 50 mL.
CODE Lot #J99H1718.
MANUFACTURER Hollister-Steir Laboratories, Inc., Spokane, Washington.
DISTRIBUTION California, Illinois, and Missouri.
QUANTITY 3 vials were distributed.
REASON Allergenic extracts were labeled with extended expiration dates.

PRODUCT Platelets Pheresis, Leukocytes Reduced.
CODE Unit Numbers: 01P40614 (split unit), 01P40618, 01P40621.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Rochester, New York.
DISTRIBUTION New York.
QUANTITY 2 units and 1 split unit.
REASON Unlicensed blood products were distributed in intrastate commerce without obliteration of the firmís license number.

PRODUCT Red Blood Cells, Irradiated.
CODE Unit Numbers: KM47107 and KQ47808.
MANUFACTURER Virginia Blood Services, Richmond, Virginia.
DISTRIBUTION Virginia.
QUANTITY 2 units were distributed.
REASON Blood products were labeled with an extended expiration date.

PRODUCT Platelets, Pheresis.
CODE Unit #W60381.
MANUFACTURER Virginia Blood Services, Richmond, Virginia.
DISTRIBUTION Virginia.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product was collected from a donor whose arm inspection had not been documented.

PRODUCT Fresh Frozen Plasma Pheresis.
CODE Unit #W61272.
MANUFACTURER Virginia Blood Services, Richmond, Virginia.
DISTRIBUTION Virginia.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product was not frozen within six hours of collection.

PRODUCT Platelets Pheresis, Leukocytes Reduced
CODE Unit #01FP07976.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Syracuse, New York.
DISTRIBUTION New York.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Unlicensed blood product was distributed in intrastate commerce without obliteration of the firmís license number.

PRODUCT Corneas.
CODE Tissue Numbers 99522OD and 99522OS.
MANUFACTURER Upstate New York Transplant Services, Buffalo, New York.
DISTRIBUTION Georgia.
QUANTITY 2 corneas were distributed.
REASON Corneas were collected from a donor who tested repeatedly reactive for HIV Omega, with a negative Western Blot test and no HIV-DNA-PCR detected.

PRODUCT Red Blood Cells.
CODE Unit Numbers: 13GR03041 and 13LG51528.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Detroit, Michigan.
DISTRIBUTION Michigan.
QUANTITY 2 units were distributed.
REASON Blood products were incorrectly tested for the Cw antigen and were labeled Cw negative.

WEEK ENDING MARCH 24

PRODUCT Corneas.
CODE Graft Identification Numbers: 0264-93-01, 0264-93-02, 0283-94-01, 0283- 94-02, 0056-96-01, 0056-96-02, 0104-96-01, 0104-96-02, 0677-97-01, 0677- 97-02, 0360-98-01, 0360-98-02, 0376-98-01, 0688-98-01, 0098-99-01, 0098- 99-02, 0103-99-01, 0103-99-02, 0198-99-01, 0198-99-02, 0221-99-01, 0221- 99-02, 0225-99-01, 0225-99-02, 0238-99-01, 0267-99-01, 0267-99-02, 0018- 00-01, 0018-00-02.
MANUFACTURER Lions Medical Eye Bank and Research Center of Eastern Virginia, Norfolk, Virginia.
DISTRIBUTION Virginia, Illinois, Florida, South Carolina, Missouri, Georgia, North Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Minnesota, Ohio, Washington state, Nebraska, California, and international.
QUANTITY 29 corneas.
REASON Corneas collected from donors who tested repeatedly reactive for either the antibody to the Hepatitis B core antigen (anti-HBc), HbsAg or anti- HTLV-I/II, or HIV-p-24 antigen which was not confirmable by PCR.

PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells; b) Recovered Plasma.
CODE Unit #42G23612.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Cleveland, Ohio.
DISTRIBUTION Ohio and California.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood products were collected from a donor with a history of hepatitis A and jaundice.

PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells; b) Platelets.
CODE Unit #20V09975.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross, Boise, Idaho.
DISTRIBUTION Utah.
QUANTITY 1 unit of each component was distributed.
REASON Blood products were collected from a donor who had traveled to an area designated as endemic for malaria.

PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells; b) Red Blood Cells, Leukocytes Reduced; c) Platelets, Pooled
CODE Unit Numbers: a) P103615; b) 1M1383; c) P103615.
MANUFACTURER Puget Sound Blood Center and Program, Seattle, Washington.
DISTRIBUTION Washington state.
QUANTITY 1 unit of each component was distributed.
REASON Blood products were collected from a donor who lived in an area designated as endemic for malaria.

PRODUCT Corneas.
CODE Graft Identification Numbers: 0571-97-01, 0571-97-02, 0019-99-01, 0019-99-02, 0071-99-01, 0071-99-02, 0286-99-01, 0286-99-02.
MANUFACTURER Lions Medical Eye Bank and Research Center of Eastern Virginia, Norfolk, Virginia.
DISTRIBUTION Virginia, Illinois, Florida, South Carolina, Missouri, Georgia, North Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Minnesota, Ohio, Washington state, Nebraska, California, and international.
QUANTITY 7 corneas.
REASON Corneas collected from donors who tested repeatedly reactive for either the antibody to the Hepatitis B core antigen (anti-HBc), HbsAg or anti-HTLV-I/II, or HIV-p-24 antigen which was not confirmable by PCR.

PRODUCT Red Blood Cells.
CODE Unit #KW658109.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Dedham, Massachusetts.
DISTRIBUTION New Hampshire.
QUANTITY 1 unit.
REASON An overweight unit of red blood cells was distributed.

WEEK ENDING MARCH 31

PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells; b) Platelets; c) Recovered Plasma.
CODE Unit Numbers: a) 24LE65617, 24LY13367; b) 24LE65617; c) 24LE65617, 24LY13367.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Louisville, Kentucky.
DISTRIBUTION Kentucky, Indiana, California.
QUANTITY a) 2 units; b) 1 unit; c) 2 units were distributed.
REASON Blood products were collected from a donor with a history of having tested positive for hepatitis.

PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells; b) Cryoprecipitated AHF; c) Recovered Plasma.
CODE Unit #21GC68111.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross, Portland, Oregon.
DISTRIBUTION Oregon, California, Switzerland.
QUANTITY 1 unit of each component was distributed.
REASON Blood products were collected from a donor with a history of exposure to hepatitis.

PRODUCT Red Blood Cells, Leukocytes Removed.
CODE Unit #LH16695.
MANUFACTURER Blood Centers of the Pacific, San Francisco, California.
DISTRIBUTION California.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product was collected from a donor who reported travel to an area designated as endemic for malaria.

PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells; b) Platelets.
CODE Unit Numbers: a) 8503829, 1080968; b) 1080968.
MANUFACTURER Community Blood Center, Dayton, Ohio.
DISTRIBUTION Ohio.
QUANTITY a) 2 units; b) 1 unit.
REASON Blood products were collected from a donor who reported travel to an area designated as endemic for malaria.

PRODUCT Fenwall Sepacell PLS-10A Leukocyte Reduction Filter for Platelets.
CODE Lot Numbers: A99E13095, A99G22050, A99H11069.
MANUFACTURER Baxter S.A., Fenwal Division, Parque Industrial Itabo, Zona Franca Industrial de Haina, San Christobal, Republica Dominica.
RECALLED BY Baxter Healthcare Corporation, Fenwal Division, Deerfield, Illinois
DISTRIBUTION Nationwide.
QUANTITY 4,284 units were distributed.
REASON Filters used for leukocyte reduction of platelets were assembled with the filter inverted.

PRODUCT Cryoprecipitated AHF
CODE Unit #21KJ26375.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross, Portland, Oregon.
DISTRIBUTION California.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product was prepared from a unit of whole blood with an extended collection time.

PRODUCT Red Blood Cells.
CODE Unit #20FM09995.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Missoula, Montana.
DISTRIBUTION Idaho.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product was stored at unmonitored temperatures.

PRODUCT Olympus PK CMV-PA System Control Set.
CODE Lot 2022 EXP 7/00.
MANUFACTURER Scimedx Corporation, Denville, New Jersey.
DISTRIBUTION Nationwide and Canada.
QUANTITY 66 kits were distributed.
REASON Reagent test kit controls exhibit false positive results when used with the Olympus PK CMV-PA Test Systems.