Blood Safety

FDA proposes new rules to revise blood storage and labeling requirements

Published in Blood Weekly, August 21st, 2003

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a proposed rule to revise the labeling and storage requirements for blood and blood components, including source plasma, which combines, simplifies, and updates regulations related to blood container labeling and to the storage and shipping temperatures of frozen blood components.

This rule will make it easier for the blood industry to comply with existing regulations and manage the supply of plasma to further enhance the safety of the blood supply while reducing the cost of regulatory compliance through greater efficiency.

Plasma is the fluid portion of blood collected from donors which may be used...

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Source: Blood Weekly (2003-08-21)

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