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Canadian Red Cross Recalls Blood Tainted with CJD

Published in Blood Weekly, August 7th, 1995

The Canadian Red Cross Society, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, has initiated the largest recall of blood products in its history in response to learning that two blood donors were diagnosed with Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (CJD).

The initial withdrawal was announced on July 12, 1995, the day after the medical director of the Red Cross Vancouver Center received information that a blood donor had been diagnosed with probable CJD. The second precautionary withdrawal was initiated on July 18, 1995, when the Red Cross learned that a donor from Toronto also was diagnosed with probable CJD.

The Canadian Red Cross is withdrawing all plasma derivative products made...

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