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FDA fines Red Cross for sloppy blood screening
The Associated Press ^
| June 17, 2010
Posted on 06/17/2010 4:57:05 PM PDT by jackspyder
WASHINGTON – Federal health regulators on Thursday fined the American Red Cross $16 million for sloppy screening of donated blood, the latest in a series of violations that have cost the group millions of dollars.
The Food and Drug Administration said in a statement that the group failed to take precautions to assure the safety of blood donations. Despite those oversights, the FDA says the U.S. blood supply appears to be safe...
The Red Cross said in a statement that 98 percent of the violations cited by the FDA occurred before 2008, and that the group has made significant improvements since then ...
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: blood; fda; fine; redcross
To: jackspyder
Another victim of the Obama Shakedown...
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posted on
06/17/2010 5:00:11 PM PDT
by
darkwing104
(Lets get dangerous)
To: jackspyder
At the same time, they are seriously considering allowing gay men to donate blood.
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posted on
06/17/2010 5:00:55 PM PDT
by
BitWielder1
(Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
To: BitWielder1
Sounds like Obama's gub'mnt is talking out of both sides of its mouth on blood. First they want it safe. Then they want homosexual blood.
Sorry, those two situations are incompatible.
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posted on
06/17/2010 5:04:52 PM PDT
by
muawiyah
To: muawiyah
Union protesting the Red Cross, homosexual blood, gov’t fines, teaching the enemy Taliban...the future of the Red Cross doesn’t look bright.
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posted on
06/17/2010 5:07:32 PM PDT
by
Irenic
To: darkwing104
Is there a problem?
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posted on
06/17/2010 5:09:18 PM PDT
by
Dem Guard
("Throw the trash out on November 2nd!")
To: muawiyah
They *claim* they want us all to be safe, then refuse to recognize the actual problems.
Across the board.
All while overreacting hysterically about little things.
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posted on
06/17/2010 5:23:25 PM PDT
by
BitWielder1
(Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
To: jackspyder
I'm a 10 gallon donor (O- Universal donor) who hasn't donated in more than 10 years. I got sick of the damned phone calls.
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posted on
06/17/2010 5:24:48 PM PDT
by
Glenn
(iamtheresistance.org)
To: jackspyder
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posted on
06/17/2010 5:32:56 PM PDT
by
Lorianne
To: BitWielder1
At the same time, they are seriously considering allowing gay men to donate blood.Just what I was thinking.
I'm okay with that as long as there's a separate Gay Cross and every state has a "No Gay Cross blood" option on your driver's license. ;)
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