Blood Banking (Safety)

House Committee Adopts Recommendations for Higher Blood Banking Standards

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, August 12th, 1996

The U.S. Government Reform and Oversight Committee recently accepted a report calling for higher national standards to protect the nation's blood supply from emerging infectious agents and blood-borne pathogens.

The report was submitted by Congressman Christopher Shays (R-CT), Chairman of the Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee (HRIR), which in April 1995 began an investigation concerning the safety of the nation's blood supply.

According to the report, current U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) regulatory systems are inadequate for meeting the aggressive nature of...

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