WEEK ENDING JUNE 2
PRODUCT Red Blood Cells, Leukoreduced.
CODE Unit #21KJ25028.
MANFACTURER American Red Cross, Portland, Oregon.
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 Platelets, Pheresis.
CODE Unit #6024801.
MANFACTURER Central Indiana Regional Blood Center, Inc.,
Indianapolis, Indiana.
DISTRIBUTION Indiana.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON A unit of platelets, pheresis, equivalent to five
random platelet units was labeled as equal to ten random platelet units.
PRODUCT Cryoprecipitated AHF.
CODE Unit #21KL17720.
MANFACTURER American Red Cross, Pacific Northwest Regional
Blood Services, Portland, Oregon.
DISTRIBUTION California.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product corresponded to a unit of clotted
red blood cells.
PRODUCT Platelets.
CODE Unit #13GM3342.
MANFACTURER American Red Cross, Detroit, Michigan.
DISTRIBUTION Michigan.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product corresponded to a unit of clotted
red blood cells.
PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells; b) Platelets.
CODE Unit #53GM23433.
MANFACTURER 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 who
had taken the drug Evista.
PRODUCT SoftBank LIS or Softbank Laboratory Information
System.
CODE All versions installed in computer systems.
MANFACTURER Soft Computer Consultants, Palm Harbor, Florida.
DISTRIBUTION Nationwide and Canada.
QUANTITY 85 units were distributed.
REASON There is no way of assuring that ADT-Interface
transactions will always include correct patient data.
PRODUCT Platelets.
CODE Unit #12443-3571.
MANFACTURER United Blood Services, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
RECALLED BY Blood Systems, Inc., Scottsdale, Arizona
DISTRIBUTION New Mexico.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product was collected from a donor who took
aspirin within 3 days of collection.
PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells; b) Platelets; c) Recovered
Plasma.
CODE Unit Numbers: 01GE03346, 01GW01309: b) 01GW01309:
c) 01GE03346, 01GW01309.
MANFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Albany,
New York.
DISTRIBUTION New York, California, and Switzerland.
QUANTITY a) 2 units; b) 1 unit; c) 2 units were distributed.
REASON Blood products which tested negative for anti-HCV,
but were collected from a donor who previously tested reactive for anti-HCV,
RIBA indeterminate.
PRODUCT Platelets.
CODE Unit #01LH24264.
MANFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Buffalo,
New York.
DISTRIBUTION New York.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product was prepared from a unit of whole
blood which was designated as a slow bleed.
PRODUCT Platelets.
CODE Unit #01FF10945.
MANFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Binghampton,
New York.
DISTRIBUTION New York.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product was prepared from a whole blood
unit that had discrepant start and end times documented.
PRODUCT Red Blood Cells
CODE Unit #38K74782.
MANFACTURER American Red Cross, Fort Wayne, Indiana.
DISTRIBUTION Indiana.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product was labeled with an extended expiration
date.
PRODUCT Red Blood Cells, Irradiated.
CODE Unit numbers: 35FC27957, 35FH41684.
MANFACTURER American Red Cross, Roanoke, Virginia.
DISTRIBUTION Virginia.
QUANTITY 2 units were distributed.
REASON Blood products were labeled with extended expiration
dates.
PRODUCT a) Platelets; b) Fresh Frozen Plasma.
CODE Unit numbers: a) 6306913, 9807636, 4316652, 4411724,
2424148, 2212789; b) 6306913, 2424148.
MANFACTURER LifeSource, Glenview, Illinois.
DISTRIBUTION Illinois.
QUANTITY a) 6 units; b) 2 units were distributed.
REASON Blood products were prepared from units of whole
blood with extended collection times.
PRODUCT Platelets.
CODE Unit #26158-8490.
MANFACTURER United Blood Services, Texarkana, Texas.
RECALLED BY Blood Systems, Inc., Scottsdale, Arizona
DISTRIBUTION Arkansas.
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 #02FQ00767.
MANFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Wichita,
Kansas.
DISTRIBUTION Kansas.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product was distributed after receiving
information concerning a post donation illness.
WEEK ENDING JUNE 9
PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells; b) Cryoprecipitated
AHF.
CODE Unit #21GS04909.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Pacific
Northwest Regional Blood Services, Portland, Oregon.
DISTRIBUTION California and Oregon.
QUANTITY 1 unit of each component was distributed..
REASON Blood products were collected from a donor who
reported a history of Systemic Lupus.
PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells; b) Platelets.
CODE Unit Numbers: 29FJ29503 and 29KM06374.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross, Norfolk, Virginia.
DISTRIBUTION North Carolina, Puerto Rico.
QUANTITY 2 units of each component were distributed.
REASON Blood products were collected from a donor who
reported having lived in an area designated as endemic for malaria.
PRODUCT Platelets, Pheresis.
CODE Unit 20LR08395 (split unit).
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Boise,
Idaho.
DISTRIBUTION Idaho.
QUANTITY 1 split unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product was collected from a donor who was
previously implicated in an adverse reaction due to a high plasma titer
of anti-A-B.
PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells, Irradiated; b) Platelets;
c) Recovered Plasma.
CODE Unit #X69387.
MANUFACTURER Aurora Area Blood Bank, Aurora, Illinois.
DISTRIBUTION Illinois and Switzerland.
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 Corneas.
CODE Identification Numbers: 0100-00-01, 0100-00-02,
0145-00-01, 0145-00-02.
MANUFACTURER Lions Medical Eye Bank and Research Center
of Eastern Virginia, Norfolk, Virginia.
DISTRIBUTION Virginia, Massachusetts, Texas.
QUANTITY 4 corneal tissues.
REASON Human tissues for transplant were collected from
two donors who tested repeatedly reactive for the antibody to the Hepatitis
B core antigen (anti-HBc).
PRODUCT Red Blood Cells.
CODE Unit #29KL13497.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Norfolk,
Virginia.
DISTRIBUTION North Carolina.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product was collected from a donor with
a history of jaundice.
PRODUCT Red Blood Cells.
CODE Unit #M29524.
MANUFACTURER Virginia Blood Services, Richmond, Virginia.
DISTRIBUTION Virginia.
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; c) Recovered
Plasma.
CODE Unit #53Y80153.
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.
PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells; b) Red Blood Cells
for Manufacturing Use; c) Recovered Plasma.
CODE a) 29FW34389, 29FL53852; b) 29FG76506; c) 29FG76506,
29FW34389, 29FL53852.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Norfolk,
Virginia.
DISTRIBUTION North Carolina, Michigan, California.
QUANTITY a) 2 units; b) 1 unit; c) 3 units were distributed.
REASON Blood product was collected from a donor with
a history of having tested positive for hepatitis C.
PRODUCT Platelets, Apheresis, Leukoreduced.
CODE Unit Numbers: C02178 and C02013.
MANUFACTURER Virginia Blood Services, Richmond, Virginia.
DISTRIBUTION Virginia.
QUANTITY 2 units were distributed.
REASON Blood products were collected from a donor taking
the drug Diclofenac Sodium.
PRODUCT Red Blood Cells, Leukocytes Reduced.
CODE Unit #17190-3588.
MANUFACTURER United Blood Services, McAllen, Texas.
RECALLED BY Blood Systems, Inc., Scottsdale, Arizona
DISTRIBUTION Texas.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product was collected from a donor who had
previously been deferred due to exposure to HIV-1.
PRODUCT Red Blood Cells.
CODE Unit #02FH57229.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Wichita,
Kansas.
DISTRIBUTION California.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product was distributed after receiving
post donation information indicating that the donor received a tattoo within
12 months of donation.
PRODUCT Red Blood Cells.
CODE Unit Numbers: 02FQ01001, 02FL01116, 02FC50049.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Wichita,
Kansas.
DISTRIBUTION Kansas.
QUANTITY 3 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood products may have remained at room temperature
greater than 30 minutes.
PRODUCT Red Blood Cells
CODE Unit Numbers: 4778038 and 4778046.
MANUFACTURER Coffee Memorial Blood Center, Inc., Amarillo,
Texas.
DISTRIBUTION Texas.
QUANTITY 2 units were distributed.
REASON Blood products may have remained at room temperature
for greater than 30 minutes.
PRODUCT Red Blood Cells.
CODE Unit #01GX05339.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Albany,
New York.
DISTRIBUTION New York.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product may have been air contaminated during
collection.
PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells; b) Recovered Plasma.
CODE Unit #25GH23846.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Albany,
New York.
DISTRIBUTION New York and California.
QUANTITY 1 unit of each component was distributed.
REASON Blood products were collected from a donor with
a history of IV drug use and exchanging money for sex.
PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells; b) Recovered Plasma.
CODE Unit #20FJ03374.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Missoula,
Montana.
RECALLED BY American Red Cross Blood Services, Boise,
Idaho
DISTRIBUTION California and Switzerland.
QUANTITY 1 unit of each component was distributed.
REASON Blood products were collected from a donor with
a history of jaundice.
PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells; b) Cryoprecipitated
AHF; c) Plasma.
CODE Unit #16LY67389.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Columbus,
Ohio.
DISTRIBUTION Ohio.
QUANTITY 1 unit of each component was distributed.
REASON Blood products were collected from a donor with
a history of jaundice.
PRODUCT Red Blood Cells.
CODE Unit #1542846.
MANUFACTURER New York Blood Services (Center West), A
Division of New York Blood Center, Inc., New York, New York.
DISTRIBUTION New York.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product was collected from a donor who previously
tested repeatedly reactive for anti-HIV-1, Western blot negative.
PRODUCT Red Blood Cells.
CODE Unit #L52124.
MANUFACTURER Virginia Blood Services, Richmond, Virginia.
DISTRIBUTION Virginia.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product was collected in a manner that could
compromise the sterility of the product.
PRODUCT Platelets, Pheresis.
CODE Unit #W62845.
MANUFACTURER Virginia Blood Services, Richmond, Virginia.
DISTRIBUTION Virginia.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product was collected from a donor who traveled
to an area considered endemic for malaria.
PRODUCT Red Blood Cells.
CODE Unit #C02847.
MANUFACTURER Virginia Blood Services, Richmond, Virginia.
DISTRIBUTION Virginia.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product was collected from a donor who previously
tested positive for hepatitis.
PRODUCT Red Blood Cells.
CODE Unit Numbers: 02FC60049 and 02FC60050.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Wichita,
Kansas.
DISTRIBUTION Kansas.
QUANTITY 2 units were distributed.
REASON Blood products which tested CMV positive, were
labeled CMV negative.
PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells b) Platelets.
CODE Unit #01FF14578.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Binghampton,
New York.
DISTRIBUTION New York.
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 a) Red Blood Cells; b) Platelets.
CODE Unit #18218-7352.
MANUFACTURER United Blood Services, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
RECALLED BY Blood Systems, Inc., Scottsdale, Arizona
DISTRIBUTION Wyoming and North Carolina.
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 #11GJ14597.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Baltimore,
Maryland.
DISTRIBUTION Maryland.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product may have been stored at an unacceptable
temperature was redistributed.
PRODUCT Plasma, Cyroreduced.
CODE Unit Numbers: 50E16846, 50F86608, 50F86662, 50F86667,
50LG17641, 50LG17667, 50LH12643, 50F86595, 50F86663, 50F86668, 50LG17647,
50LG17657, 50LG17669, 50F86612, 50F86666, 50LG17636, 50LG17648, 50LG17671,
50LH12640, 50E16824, and 50LJ14290.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Toledo,
Ohio.
DISTRIBUTION Ohio.
QUANTITY 21 units were distributed.
REASON Blood products were labeled with extended expiration
dates.
PRODUCT Red Blood Cells.
CODE Unit #1635466.
MANUFACTURER Central Kentucky Blood Center, Lexington,
Kentucky.
DISTRIBUTION Kentucky.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product which was incorrectly tested for
syphilis.
PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells; b) Platelets, outdated,
for further manufacture of non-injectable products; c) Recovered Plasma.
CODE Unit #31LM08547.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Jamestown,
New York.
DISTRIBUTION Pennsylvania and California.
QUANTITY 1 unit of each component was distributed.
REASON Blood products tested negative for anti-HCV, but
were collected from donor who reported previously testing positive for
hepatitis C.
PRODUCT Platelets, Pheresis.
CODE 12433-2383, 12433-7515, 12434-2505, 12434-8529,
12433-2356-01, 12433-2356-02, 12433-7481, 12433-7494, 12434-2418-01, 12434-2418-02,
12434-2456-01, and 12434-2456-02.
MANUFACTURER United Blood Services, Albuquerque, New
Mexico.
RECALLED BY Blood Systems, Inc., Scottsdale, Arizona
DISTRIBUTION Arizona and New Mexico.
QUANTITY 12 units were distributed.
REASON Blood products exceeded the maximum criteria for
platelet yield.
PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells; b) Platelets; c) Recovered
Plasma.
CODE Unit #29FF31530.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Mid-Atlantic
Regional Blood Services, Norfolk, Virginia.
DISTRIBUTION Virginia, North Carolina, California.
QUANTITY 1 unit of each component was distributed.
REASON Blood products were collected from a donor with
a history of jaundice.
PRODUCT Source Plasma.
CODE Unit Numbers: LP81867, LP80593, LP80199, LP79270,
LP78891, LP78156, and LP77713.
MANUFACTURER Interstate Blood Bank, Inc., St. Louis,
Missouri.
DISTRIBUTION Germany.
QUANTITY 7 units were distributed.
REASON Blood products were collected from a donor who
was previously deferred for repeatedly reactive viral marker test results.
PRODUCT a) Platelets, Pheresis.
CODE Unit Numbers: 8794184A and 8795799B.
MANUFACTURER New York Blood Services (Center West), A
division of New York Blood Center, Inc., New York, New York.
DISTRIBUTION New York.
QUANTITY 2 units were distributed.
REASON Blood products, which did not meet the minimum
criteria for platelet yield, were distributed, labeled as standard products.
PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells; b) Recovered Plasma.
CODE Unit #11KE00826.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, St. Louis,
Missouri.
DISTRIBUTION Missouri and Switzerland.
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) Platelets; c) Recovered
Plasma.
CODE Unit Numbers: a) 1535646, 0802322; b) 0802322; c)
1535646 and 0802322.
MANUFACTURER Central Kentucky Blood Center (CKBC), Lexington,
Kentucky.
DISTRIBUTION Kentucky, Maryland, 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 Red Blood Cells.
CODE 11KE11993, 11KE11997, 11KE11967.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, St. Louis,
Missouri.
DISTRIBUTION Missouri.
QUANTITY 3 units were distributed.
REASON Blood products were collected in a manner that
could compromise their sterility.
PRODUCT Red Blood Cells.
CODE Unit #L96963.
MANUFACTURER HCSC Blood Center, trading as Miller Memorial
Blood Center, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
DISTRIBUTION Pennsylvania.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product was collected in a manner that could
compromise the sterility of the product.
PRODUCT Platelets, Pheresis.
CODE R24753.
MANUFACTURER HCSC Blood Center, trading as Miller Memorial
Blood Center, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
DISTRIBUTION Pennsylvania.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product was collected from a donor whose
medical history screening was inadequately performed.
PRODUCT Red Blood Cells, Leukoreduced.
CODE Unit #0333131A.
MANUFACTURER Inland Northwest Blood Center, Spokane,
Washington.
DISTRIBUTION Washington state.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product was stored at unacceptable temperatures.
PRODUCT Red Blood Cells, Leukoreduced.
CODE Unit Numbers: 18FW04586, 19FW04603, 18FW04605, 18FW04608.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross, Lansing, Michigan.
DISTRIBUTION Michigan.
QUANTITY 4 units were distributed.
REASON Blood products were stored at unacceptable temperatures.
PRODUCT Red Blood Cells.
CODE Unit #02FJ41157.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Wichita,
Kansas.
DISTRIBUTION Kansas.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product was distributed after receiving
information concerning a post donation illness.
PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells; b) Platelets.
CODE Unit #01GC27670.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Syracuse,
New York.
DISTRIBUTION New York.
QUANTITY 1 unit of each component was distributed.
REASON Blood products were collected from a donor with
a history of Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura.
PRODUCT Red Blood Cells
CODE Unit Numbers: 40GH32143, 40GR48803, and 40GF31566.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Peoria,
Illinois.
DISTRIBUTION Illinois.
QUANTITY 3 units were distributed.
REASON Blood products were labeled with extended expiration
dates.
PRODUCT Platelets.
CODE Unit #1442279.
MANUFACTURER New York Blood Services (Center West), A
Division of New York Blood Center, Inc., New York, New York.
DISTRIBUTION New York.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product was prepared from a unit of whole
blood with an extended collection time.
PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells; b) Single Donor Plasma
CODE Autologous Unit H75524.
MANUFACTURER Northern Illinois Blood Bank, Rockford,
Illinois.
DISTRIBUTION Illinois.
QUANTITY 1 unit of each component was distributed.
REASON Autologous blood products which tested repeatedly
reactive for anti-HBc were distributed without biohazard labels.
PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells; b) Recovered Plasma.
CODE Unit Numbers: 26141-0336, 26142-6245, 26142-9119.
MANUFACTURER United Blood Services, Rogers, Arkansas.
RECALLED BY Blood Systems, Inc., Scottsdale, Arizona
DISTRIBUTION Arkansas, North Carolina, Switzerland.
QUANTITY 3 units were distributed.
REASON Blood products were collected from a donor who
was previously deferred for an elevated ALT on two separate occasions.
PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells; b) Platelets
CODE Unit #R32305.
MANUFACTURER HCSC Blood Center, trading as Miller Memorial
Blood Center, Bethelhem, Pennsylvania.
DISTRIBUTION New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
QUANTITY 1 unit of each component.
REASON Blood products, with no documented syphilis or
antibody screen test results, were distributed.
WEEK ENDING JUNE 16
PRODUCT Platelets, Pheresis.
CODE Unit #11LL01916.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, St. Louis,
Missouri.
DISTRIBUTION Missouri.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product was mislabeled as CMV antibody negative.
PRODUCT Red Blood Cells.
CODE Unit #11T42174.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, St. Louis,
Missouri.
DISTRIBUTION Alabama.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product was collected from a donor taking
the drug Zovirax.
PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells
CODE Unit #53GL02248.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Baltimore,
Maryland.
DISTRIBUTION Maryland.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood products were collected from a donor who
had taken the drug Evista.
PRODUCT Red Blood Cells.
CODE Unit numbers: 11C12366, 11C02195.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, St. Louis,
Missouri.
DISTRIBUTION Missouri.
QUANTITY 2 units were distributed.
REASON Blood products were collected from an unsuitable
donor.
PRODUCT Red Blood Cells.
CODE Unit #011KE09311.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, St. Louis,
Missouri.
DISTRIBUTION Missouri.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product was collected from a donor who lived
in an area designated as endemic for malaria.
PRODUCT Red Blood Cells.
CODE Unit Numbers: 11GN17559 and 11GL14581.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, St. Louis,
Missouri.
DISTRIBUTION Missouri, Illinois.
QUANTITY 2 units were 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) Platelets; c) Fresh
Frozen Plasma.
CODE Unit #11GK04360.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, St. Louis,
Missouri.
DISTRIBUTION Missouri, Alabama, 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.
PRODUCT Source Plasma
CODE Unit Numbers: N-06825-178, N-06840-178, G-23972-178,
G-24173-178, G-24496-178.
MANUFACTURER Seramed Bio Center/Melrose Park, Melrose
Park, Illinois.
DISTRIBUTION California.
QUANTITY 5 units were distributed.
REASON Blood products were collected from a donor who
was previously deferred for a positive drug screen.
PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells; b) Fresh Frozen Plasma;
c) Plasma; d) Cryoprecipitated AHF; e) Recovered Plasma.
CODE Unit Numbers: a) 11GW06470, 11GQ07524, 11GQ03720;
b) 11GQ07524; c) 11GQ03720; d) 11GQ03720; e) 11GW06470.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, St. Louis,
Missouri.
DISTRIBUTION Missouri, Arkansas, Massachusetts, California.
QUANTITY a) 3 units; b) 1 unit; c) 1 unit; d) 1 unit;
e) 1 unit.
REASON Blood products were collected from a donor with
multiple high risk behaviors.
PRODUCT Platelets, Pheresis.
CODE Unit #0334132-A.
MANUFACTURER Inland Northwest Blood Center, Spokane,
Washington.
DISTRIBUTION Washington state.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product with an unacceptable platelet yield,
was distributed labeled as a standard product.
PRODUCT Platelets, Pheresis.
CODE Unit #0335424.
MANUFACTURER Inland Northwest Blood Center, Spokane,
Washington.
DISTRIBUTION Washington state.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product, which was not leukoreduced, was
distributed, labeled as leukoreduced.
PRODUCT Platelets, Pheresis.
CODE Unit #42KP02164 (split unit).
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Cleveland,
Ohio.
DISTRIBUTION Ohio, Pennsylvania.
QUANTITY 1 split unit was distributed.
REASON Blood products exceeded the maximum criteria for
platelet yield.
PRODUCT Platelets, Pheresis.
CODE Unit #04LP40177.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Dedham,
Massachusetts.
DISTRIBUTION Massachusetts.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product, with a volume that exceeded specifications,
was distributed in one bag instead of two, as required.
PRODUCT a) Platelets; b) Fresh Frozen Plasma.
CODE Unit Numbers: 39J82095, 39J86372, 39G87845.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross, Huntington, West Virginia.
DISTRIBUTION West Virginia, Kentucky.
QUANTITY 3 units of each component were distributed.
REASON Blood products were prepared from whole blood
units that had discrepant start and end times documented.
PRODUCT Red Blood Cells.
CODE Unit #16LR31902.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Columbus,
Ohio.
DISTRIBUTION Ohio.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product was leukoreduced greater than five
days after collection.
PRODUCT Red Blood Cells.
CODE Unit #011GS30771.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, St. Louis,
Missouri.
DISTRIBUTION Missouri.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product was not quarantined after receiving
information concerning a post donation illness.
PRODUCT Recovered Plasma.
CODE Unit #53GL02248.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Baltimore,
Maryland.
DISTRIBUTION California.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product was collected from a donor who had
taken the drug Evista.
PRODUCT Source Leukocytes
CODE Unit #11GM25063.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, St. Louis,
Missouri.
DISTRIBUTION Massachusetts.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product was collected from a donor whose
medical history screening was inadequately performed.
PRODUCT Platelets, Pheresis.
CODE Unit #R30941.
MANUFACTURER HCSC Blood Center, trading as Miller Memorial
Blood Center, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
DISTRIBUTION Pennsylvania.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product, which had invalid quality control
results, was distributed labeled as a standard product.
WEEK ENDING JUNE 23
PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells; b) Red Blood Cells,
Leukoreduced; c) Recovered Plasma.
CODE Unit Numbers: a) 04FJ91904; b)04FJ77467; c) 04FJ91904
and 04FJ77467.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross, Dedham, Massachusetts.
DISTRIBUTION Massachusetts, New Hampshire, California.
QUANTITY a) 1 unit; 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 C.
PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells; b) Recovered Plasma.
CODE Unit #04FJ64487.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross, Dedham, Massachusetts.
DISTRIBUTION Massachusetts 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.
PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells, Leukoreduced; b) Platelets.
CODE Unit #04GF00278.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross, Dedham, Massachusetts.
DISTRIBUTION New York and Maine.
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 a) Red Blood Cells; b) Cryoprecipitated
AHF; c) Recovered Plasma.
CODE Unit #8859637.
MANUFACTURER The Blood Center, New Orleans, Louisiana.
DISTRIBUTION Louisiana, New Jersey, Switzerland.
QUANTITY 1 unit of each component was distributed.
REASON Blood products were collected from a donor who
was previously deferred at another blood center.
PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells; b) Platelets; c) Fresh
Frozen Plasma.
CODE Unit #8844250.
MANUFACTURER The Blood Center, New Orleans, Louisiana.
DISTRIBUTION Louisiana.
QUANTITY 1 unit of each component was distributed.
REASON Blood products were distributed after receiving
post donation information concerning possible high risk behavior.
PRODUCT Platelets, Pooled.
CODE Unit #3099375.
MANUFACTURER The Blood Center, New Orleans, Louisiana.
DISTRIBUTION Louisiana.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Pooled product contained two expired units.
PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells; b) Platelets.
CODE Unit #8917666.
MANUFACTURER The Blood Center, New Orleans, Louisiana.
DISTRIBUTION Louisiana.
QUANTITY 1 unit of each component was distributed.
REASON Blood products were collected from a donor whose
medical history screening was inadequately performed.
PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells; b) Platelets; c) Platelets
for further manufacture; d) Fresh Frozen Plasma; e) Source Leukocytes;
f) Recovered Plasma.
CODE Unit Numbers: a) 25N95303, 25E92180, 25E98391, 25V41984,
and 01GL29817; b) 25E92180, 25E98391, and 25V41984; c) 25N95303 d) 25E92180,
25E98391, and 25V41984; e) 01GJ11136; f) 25N95303 and 01GL29817.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Syracuse,
New York.
DISTRIBUTION New York, California, New Jersey, Switzerland.
QUANTITY a) 5 units; b) 3 units; c) 1 unit; d) 3 units;
e) 1 unit; f) 2 units were distributed.
REASON Blood products were incorrectly tested for the
Hepatitis B Surface Antigen (HBsAg), or which tested negative for HBsAg,
but were collected from a donor whose previous donation was incorrectly
tested for HBsAg.
PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells; b) Platelets; c) Fresh
Frozen Plasma; d) Source Leukocytes.
CODE Unit #11FM28492.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, St. Louis,
Missouri.
DISTRIBUTION Missouri and New Jersey.
QUANTITY 1 unit of each component was distributed.
REASON Blood products were collected from a donor who
reported a history of Addison's Disease and exposure to hepatitis A.
PRODUCT Red Blood Cells.
CODE Unit #7149828.
MANUFACTURER U.S. Department of the Air Force, 74th Medical
Group, Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio.
DISTRIBUTION New Jersey and Maryland.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product was collected from a donor who had
an elevated body temperature.
PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells; b) Recovered Plasma.
CODE Unit #4190151.
MANUFACTURER Blood Bank of Alaska, Inc., Anchorage, Alaska.
DISTRIBUTION California and New Jersey.
QUANITY 1 unit of each component was distributed.
REASON Blood products were collected from a donor who
received a tissue transplant (surgery) within a year of donation.
PRODUCT Platelets Pheresis, Leukocytes Reduced,
Irradiated.
CODE Unit #3767970.
MANUFACTURER The Blood Center, New Orleans, Louisiana.
DISTRIBUTION Louisiana.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product was collected from a donor who took
the drug Propecia.
PRODUCT Red Blood Cells, Irradiated.
CODE Unit #8922205.
MANUFACTURER The Blood Center, New Orleans, Louisiana.
DISTRIBUTION Louisiana.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product was labeled with an extended expiration
date.
PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells; b) Platelets.
CODE Unit Numbers: a) 8825558; b) 8825558 and 8825563.
MANUFACTURER The Blood Center, New Orleans, Louisiana.
DISTRIBUTION Louisiana.
QUANTITY a) 1 unit; b) 2 units were distributed.
REASON Blood products were labeled with extended expiration
dates.
PRODUCT Red Blood Cells, Leukocytes Removed.
CODE Unit #8829824.
MANUFACTURER The Blood Center, New Orleans, Louisiana.
DISTRIBUTION Louisiana.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product was labeled with an extended expiration
date.
PRODUCT Platelets, Pheresis.
CODE Unit #K10311.
MANUFACTURER The Blood Center, New Orleans, Louisiana.
DISTRIBUTION Louisiana.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product was received at an unacceptable
temperature, was redistributed.
PRODUCT Red Blood Cells, Autologus.
CODE Unit #8851725 and 8823926.
MANUFACTURER The Blood Center, New Orleans, Louisiana.
DISTRIBUTION Louisiana.
QUANTITY 2 units were distributed.
REASON Blood products were labeled with extended expiration
dates.
PRODUCT Recovered Plasma.
CODE Unit #8917666.
MANUFACTURER The Blood Center, New Orleans, Louisiana.
DISTRIBUTION Pennsylvania.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product was collected from a donor whose
medical history screening was inadequately performed.
WEEK ENDING JUNE 30
PRODUCT Platelets, Pheresis.
CODE Unit Numbers: 8080857 and 8092579 (split products).
MANUFACTURER LifeShare, Inc., Elyria, Ohio.
DISTRIBUTION Ohio.
QUANTITY 2 split units were distributed.
REASON Blood products were labeled with extended expiration
dates.
PRODUCT Platelets, Pheresis - Volume-Reduced.
CODE Unit #17FX21187.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Green
Bay, Wisconsin.
RECALLED BY American Red Cross Blood Services, Madison,
Wisconsin
DISTRIBUTION Wisconsin.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product was labeled with an extended expiration
date.
PRODUCT Red Blood Cells.
CODE Unit 21KR06899.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Service, Pacific
Northwest Regional Blood Services, Portland, Oregon.
DISTRIBUTION California.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product was collected from a donor taking
the drug Methotrexate.
PRODUCT Red Blood Cells.
CODE Unit #7618476.
MANUFACTURER Carter BloodCare, Bedford, Texas.
DISTRIBUTION Texas.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product was positive for Jka antigen, was
distributed labeled as Jka negative.
PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells; b) Cryoprecipitated
AHF; c) Recovered Plasma.
CODE Unit #21KG23428.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Portland,
Oregon.
DISTRIBUTION Arizona, Washington state, Switzerland.
QUANTITY 1 unit of each component was distributed.
REASON Blood products were collected from a donor with
a history of jaundice.
PRODUCT Platelets, Pheresis.
CODE Unit Numbers: 0335580A and 0335580B.
MANUFACTURER Inland Northwest Blood Center, Spokane,
Washington.
DISTRIBUTION Washington state.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood products were labeled with incorrect platelet
yields.
PRODUCT Source Plasma.
CODE Unit Numbers: 98560684 and 98668816.
MANUFACTURER Interstate Blood Bank Incorporated of Wisconsin,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
RECALLED BY Interstate Blood Bank, Inc., Memphis, Tennessee
DISTRIBUTION California.
QUANTITY 2 units were distributed.
REASON Blood products were collected from a donor who
was not properly screened.
PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells; b) Platelets; c) Fresh
Frozen Plasma.
CODE Unit Numbers: a) 8636407, 8695147, 875070 b) 8636407,
8695147; c) 8636407, 8695147.
MANUFACTURER The Blood Center, New Orleans, Louisiana.
DISTRIBUTION Louisiana and New Jersey.
QUANTITY a) 3 units; b) 2 units; c) 2 units were distributed.
REASON Blood products were collected from a donor with
a history of Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura.
PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells; b) Platelets.
CODE Unit Numbers: a) 42Q66663; b) 42G26813, 42G26819,
42G26823, 42Q66652, 42Q66662 42Q66663, 42Q66664, 42Q66665, 42Q66666.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Cleveland,
Ohio.
DISTRIBUTION Ohio.
QUANTITY a) 1 unit; b) 9 units were distributed.
REASON Blood products were collected in expired blood
collection bags.
PRODUCT Red Blood Cells.
CODE Unit #32GK75466.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Green
Bay, Wisconsin.
RECALLED BY American Red Cross Blood Services, Madison,
Wisconsin
DISTRIBUTION Wisconsin.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product was collected from a donor whose
arm inspection and skin disease status had not been documented.