JULY 2000

WEEK ENDING JULY 7

PRODUCT Platelets.
CODE Unit #1659179.
MANUFACTURER Central Kentucky Blood Center (CKBC), Lexington, Kentucky.
DISTRIBUTION Kentucky.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product was prepared from a unit collected from a donor who had taken aspirin within 3 days of donation.

PRODUCT Red Blood Cells.
CODE Unit #7460679.
MANUFACTURER Carter Blood Center, Bedford, Texas.
DISTRIBUTION Texas.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product was mislabeled as CMV antibody negative.

PRODUCT Corneas.
CODE 004-00-282, 004-00-283.
MANUFACTURER East Tennessee Lions Eye Bank, Knoxville, Tennessee.
DISTRIBUTION Tennessee.
QUANTITY 2 units were distributed.
REASON Corneas were collected from a donor who tested repeatedly reactive for the antibody to the Hepatitis C virus.

PRODUCT Red Blood Cells, Irradiated.
CODE Unit #R31876.
MANUFACTURER HCSC Blood Center, trading as Miller Memorial Blood Center, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
DISTRIBUTION Pennsylvania.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product was labeled as leukoreduced but did not undergo leukoreduction.

PRODUCT Platelets.
CODE Unit #32GF30389.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Green Bay, Wisconsin.
RECALLED BY American Red Cross Blood Services, Madison, Wisconsin
DISTRIBUTION Illinois.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product was collected in a manner that may have compromised the sterility of the unit.

PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells; b) Fresh Frozen Plasma; c) Recovered Plasma.
CODE Unit Numbers: a) 32GK68612, 32GK53661; b) 32GK68612; c) 32GK53661.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Green Bay, Wisconsin.
RECALLED BY American Red Cross Blood Services, Madison, Wisconsin
DISTRIBUTION Illinois, Wisconsin, California.
QUANTITY a) 2 units; b) 1 unit; c) 1 unit.
REASON Blood products, which tested negative for the antibody to the human immunodeficiency virus type (HIV), but were collected from a donor who previously tested repeatedly reactive for the antibody, were distributed.

PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells; b) Platelets.
CODE Unit #19GK35939.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Nashville, Tennessee.
DISTRIBUTION Illinois and 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 a) Red Blood Cells; b) Red Blood Cells Leukoreduced.
CODE Unit #19LE16522; b) 19LF12412, 19GZ47918, 19GH30369.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Nashville, Tennessee.
DISTRIBUTION Tennessee.
QUANTITY a) 1 unit; b) 3 units were distributed.
REASON Blood products were collected from a donor who reported travel to an area designated as endemic for malaria.

PRODUCT Platelets, Pheresis.
CODE Unit #04FP46685.
MANUFACTURER The American National Red Cross, Dedham, Massachusetts.
DISTRIBUTION West Virginia.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product tested negative for Cytomegalovirus (CMV), but was collected from a donor who previously tested CMV positive.

PRODUCT a) Cryoprecipitated AHF; b) Plasma, Cryoreduced.
CODE Unit Numbers: a) 20LC30077, 20LC30093, 20LC30096, 20LC30100, 20LC30101, 20LC30104, 20LC30105, 20LC30107, 20LC30109, 20LC30110, 20LY19473, 20LY19477, 20LY19478, 20LC30094, 20LC30102, 20LC30108
b) 20LC30074, 20LC30077, 20LC30080, 20LC30093, 20LC30104, 20LY19476, 20LY19477, 20LY19857.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross, Boise, Idaho.
DISTRIBUTION Alabama, California, Idaho, Tennessee, Texas.
QUANTITY a) 16 units; b) 8 units were distributed.
REASON Blood products were processed in a centrifuge that was not set at the speed and time specified in the manufacturing instructions.

PRODUCT Platelets.
CODE Unit #4927565.
MANUFACTURER 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 whose collection time could not be determined.

WEEK ENDING JULY 14

PRODUCT Red Blood Cells.
CODE Unit Numbers: 30GX31918 and 30GM00559.
MANUFACTURER American National Red Cross, Ashley, Pennsylvania.
DISTRIBUTION Pennsylvania.
QUANTITY 2 units were distributed.
REASON Blood products were collected from two donors who reported travel to areas designated as endemic for malaria.

PRODUCT Red Blood Cells.
CODE Unit #19LS01680.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Nashville, Tennessee.
DISTRIBUTION Kentucky.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product was collected from a donor who reported having lived in an area designated as endemic for malaria.

PRODUCT Red Blood Cells, Leukoreduced.
CODE Unit #19GK36159.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Nashville, Tennessee.
DISTRIBUTION Tennessee.
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) Platelets; b) Platelets, Pheresis, Leukoreduced.
CODE a) Unit #19GL25891; b) Unit #19GL24837.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Nashville, Tennessee.
DISTRIBUTION Tennessee and 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 Numbers: 04KK15466 and 04KK20417.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross, Dedham, Massachusetts.
DISTRIBUTION Massachusetts.
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 a) Red Blood Cells; b) Recovered Plasma.
CODE Unit #19GS25952.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Nashville, Tennessee.
DISTRIBUTION Tennessee 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, Leukoreduced; b) Platelets; c) Recovered Plasma.
CODE Unit #19GF72679.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Nashville, Tennessee.
DISTRIBUTION Tennessee 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 B.

PRODUCT Platelets, Pheresis.
CODE Unit Numbers: 30GP12388 and 30GP13479.
MANUFACTURER American National Red Cross, Ashley, Pennsylvania.
DISTRIBUTION Pennsylvania.
QUANTITY 2 units were distributed.
REASON Blood products had unacceptable platelet counts.

PRODUCT Platelets, Pheresis.
CODE Split Unit #53P79227.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Baltimore, Maryland.
DISTRIBUTION Maryland.
QUANTITY 1 split unit was distributed.
REASON Blood products had high white blood cell counts.

PRODUCT Platelets, Pheresis, Leukocytes Reduced, Irradiated.
CODE Unit Numbers: 19GL26734 and 19GL26820.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Nashville, Tennessee.
DISTRIBUTION Tennessee.
QUANTITY 2 units were distributed.
REASON Blood products had unacceptable platelet counts.

PRODUCT Platelets, Pheresis, Leukocytes Reduced.
CODE Unit #19GL27002.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Nashville, Tennessee.
DISTRIBUTION Tennessee.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product had an unacceptable platelet count.

PRODUCT Platelets, Pheresis, Leukocytes Reduced
CODE Unit #19GQ03108.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Nashville, Tennessee.
DISTRIBUTION Tennessee.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product had an unacceptable platelet count.

PRODUCT Red Blood Cells.
CODE Unit #T52966.
MANUFACTURER Virginia Blood Services, Richmond, Virginia.
DISTRIBUTION Virginia.
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 #19GK35311.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Nashville, Tennessee.
DISTRIBUTION Tennessee and New York.
QUANTITY 1 unit of each component was distributed.
REASON Blood products were collected from a donor who received a corneal transplant within a year of donation.

PRODUCT Red Blood Cells for Manufacturing Use Only.
CODE Unit #19GH24069.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Nashville, Tennessee.
DISTRIBUTION Michigan.
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 Red Blood Cells, Leukocytes Reduced
CODE Unit #04KF24722.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross, Dedham, Massachusetts.
DISTRIBUTION Vermont.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Red Blood cells failed red cell recovery ratio.

WEEK ENDING JULY 28

PRODUCT Platelets, Pheresis.
CODE Unit #3758162.
MANUFACTURER Southwest Oklahoma Blood Institute, Lawton, Oklahoma (collection site).
RECALLED BY Oklahoma Blood Institute, doing business as Sylvan N. Goldman Center Oklahoma Blood Institute, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
DISTRIBUTION Oklahoma.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASONThe first half of a split Platelets, Pheresis unit implicated in a transfusion fatality, was found to be contaminated with E.coli. The second half of the unit was distributed.

PRODUCT Platelets.
CODE Unit #22KX31026.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
DISTRIBUTION Pennsylvania.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product corresponded to a unit of clotted red blood cells.

PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells; b) Recovered Plasma.
CODE Unit #0334282.
MANUFACTURER Inland Northwest Blood Center, Spokane, Washington.
DISTRIBUTION Washington state and Florida.
QUANTITY 1 unit of each component was distributed.
REASON Blood products were collected from a donor with a history of Multiple Sclerosis.

PRODUCT Red Blood Cells.
CODE Unit #22407-0232.
MANUFACTURER Blood Services, Inc., Las Vegas, Nevada.
RECALLED BY Blood Systems, Inc., Scottsdale, Arizona
DISTRIBUTION Nevada.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product was collected from a donor who reported having lived in an area designated as endemic for malaria.

PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells; b) Platelets.
CODE Unit #22407-8920.
MANUFACTURER Blood Services, Inc., Las Vegas, Nevada.
RECALLED BY Blood Systems, Inc., Scottsdale, Arizona
DISTRIBUTION Nevada.
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 Numbers: 22409-6408 and 22406-6072.
MANUFACTURER Blood Services, Inc., Las Vegas, Nevada.
RECALLED BY Blood Systems, Inc., Scottsdale, Arizona
DISTRIBUTION Nevada.
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, Leukoreduced, Irradiated.
CODE Unit #8959423.
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 tested repeatedly reactive for the antibody to the Hepatitis B core antigen (anti-HBc).

PRODUCT Red Blood Cells.
CODE Lot #21FM58807.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross, Portland, Oregon.
DISTRIBUTION Oregon.
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) 22404-9139 and 22406-0608; b) 22404-9139.
MANUFACTURER Blood Services, Inc., Las Vegas, Nevada.
RECALLED BY Blood Systems, Inc., Scottsdale, Arizona
DISTRIBUTION Arizona and Nevada.
QUANTITY a) 2 units; b) 1 unit.
REASON Blood products were collected who reported travel to an area designated as endemic for malaria.

PRODUCT Whole Blood.
CODE Unit Numbers: 16348-3676 and 16348-3679.
MANUFACTURER United Blood Services, Blood Systems, Inc., Meridian, Mississippi (processor); Blood Systems, Inc., Jackson, Mississippi (Collection Site).
RECALLED BY Blood Systems, Inc., Scottsdale, Arizona
DISTRIBUTION Mississippi.
QUANTITY 2 units were distributed.
REASON Blood products were mislabeled as CMV antibody negative.

PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells; b) Platelets.
CODE Unit #22GK72646.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
DISTRIBUTION Pennsylvania.
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 repeatedly reactive for anti-HCV.

PRODUCT Red Blood Cells.
CODE Unit #42FQ85736.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross Blood Services, Cleveland, Ohio.
DISTRIBUTION Ohio.
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 Recovered Plasma.
CODE Unit #22LN63673.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
DISTRIBUTION Switzerland.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product was collected from a donor with a history of hepatitis B.

PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells; b) Red Blood Cells, Leukoreduced.
CODE Unit Numbers: a) 21GL43397; b) 21GL50316.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross, Portland, Oregon.
DISTRIBUTION Oregon and California.
QUANTITY 1 unit of each component was distributed.
REASON Blood products were collected from a donor taking the drug Methotrexate.

PRODUCT a) Red Blood Cells; b) Platelets; c) Recovered Plasma.
CODE Unit Numbers: a) 1213460; b) 1211264 and 1213460; c) 1211264.
MANUFACTURER Carter Blood Care, Bedford, Texas.
DISTRIBUTION Texas and California.
QUANTITY a) 1 unit; b) 2 units; c) 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood products were collected from a donor with a history of high risk behavior.

PRODUCT Red Blood Cells.
CODE Unit Numbers: 22KJ42198, 22KJ42713, 22KZ28850, and 22LV59553.
MANUFACTURER The American National Red Cross, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
DISTRIBUTION New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
QUANTITY 4 units were distributed.
REASON Blood products were either untested for Cytomegalovirus (CMV) or tested CMV positive, but were labeled as negative for CMV.

PRODUCT Red Blood Cells, Leukoreduced.
CODE Unit #FC00025.
MANUFACTURER Southern Blood Services, Inc., Nashville, Tennessee.
DISTRIBUTION Tennessee.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Leukoreduced red blood cells that failed red cell recovery ratio.

PRODUCT Red Blood Cells.
CODE Unit #22KY40612.
MANUFACTURER American Red Cross, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
DISTRIBUTION New Jersey.
QUANTITY 1 unit was distributed.
REASON Blood product was collected from a donor whose arm inspection had not been documented.