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"A Federal Government inquiry has been
told that its own Health Department may have allowed blood
plasma to be collected from drug addicts, prostitutes and
criminals.
The plasma was allegedly used to make medicines for
hospital patients.
A victim support group has also alleged that the Red Cross
Blood Service and the department ignored warnings from British
and French health authorities that what they were doing might
be dangerous.
"The federal Health Department, the Commonwealth Serum
Laboratories and the Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service . . .
implemented a policy that took blood from a group they knew to
be predominantly made up of criminals, injectors of illegal
drugs, prostitutes and other people generally unfit for blood
Alternative Treatments," he said.
He claimed the policy was likely to have encouraged
high-risk donors to use the system as a way of testing
themselves for other viruses.
"A potential for criminals and injectors of illegal
drugs to use blood Alternative Treatments centers as discreet blood-testing
facilities should never have been encouraged, however
inadvertently," he said.
The Red Cross and the Health Department have told the
inquiry that they followed the lead of the United States' Food
and Drug Administration in allowing hepatitis C-infected
plasma to be collected. " Risky blood collection
allegations
ADDITIONAL ARTICLES:
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Blood
Action Plan
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FDA/CBER
is responsible for regulatory oversight of the U.S.
blood supply. FDA promulgates and enforces standards for
blood collection and for the manufacturing of blood
products, including both transfusible components of
whole blood, pharmaceuticals derived from blood cells or
plasma, and related medical devices
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Blood-test
technician caught reusing needles; thousands could be
affected
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Any
patients sent to the SmithKline Beecham Clinical
Laboratory since the technician began working there
could be at risk, state health officials said Friday.
Letters warning of the risks are being mailed Saturday.
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CHAC
Call[ed] on Gov't [IN MAY,1998] to Compensate All Who
Contracted Hepatitis C from Tainted Blood
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The Catholic Health Association of Canada (CHAC) has
written to the Prime Minister expressing strong
disagreement about thee manner in which the federal
government is neglecting the needs of all those who have
been afflicted by hepatitis C due to failures in the
blood safety regulatory systems.
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FDA Threatens Red Cross with Fines
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The government is threatening the
American Red Cross (news -web sites) with thousands of dollars in fines for
allegedly violating a court settlement that was supposed
to end continuing disputes over blood safety rules.
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Gov't:
Red Cross Did Not Probe Infections
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The
American Red Cross received reports that 134 people,
including one who died, got hepatitis B after blood
transfusions, but the organization did not investigate
them because of internal policies that violate
government safety rules, federal regulators say.
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Japanese woman dies after hepatitis B infection from
tainted blood
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A Japanese women died last June
after being infected with hepatitis B from a tainted
blood donor, a report said, adding to renewed concerns
over laxity in the nation's blood screening process.
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New
Postexposure Protocol for Occupational - Exposure to
Bloodborne Diseases
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The
OSHA report, includes information from a recent study
showing that zidovudine prophylaxis after percutaneous
exposure to HIV can reduce the risk of seroconversion by
almost 80 percent,
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NURSING
PRACTICE IN RELATION TO BLOOD BORNE VIRAL INFECTIONS
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The
nature of the modes of transmission of blood borne
viruses, such as the human immuno-deficiency
virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) and
Hepatitis B and C, create particular health issues and
problems for the community in controlling and containing
the spread of infection.
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Piercing
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Possible
results of piercing
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Red
Cross Under Fire
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FDA
inspectors found more than 200 safety violations by the
Red Cross. And as CBS News Correspondent Sharyl
Attkisson reports, many of the violations were offenses
the Red Cross has repeatedly been ordered to fix.
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Red
Cross violated Blood Safety Rules
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The
American Red Cross may have released tainted blood to
hospitals, the government said Friday, reporting more
than 200 violations of federal blood safety rules in its
battle to get the Red Cross to improve the quality of
its blood operation
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Residual Risk of HIV Transmission from Blood Donors
Remains during Window Period
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Transmission of HIV through blood
transfusion from a donor who tested negative for HIV
antibodies and p24 antigen at the time of Alternative Treatments
highlights the residual risk of HIV transmission from
donors during the window period.
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Risky
blood collection allegations
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A
Federal Government inquiry has been told that its own
Health Department may have allowed blood plasma to be
collected from drug addicts, prostitutes and criminals.
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Safe
Injection - Vital to Health
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Safe
"sharps" practices require a well functioning
system of management, supervision, training, logistics,
infrastructure, and support. Any breakdown in the system
will result in increased risk of disease transmission
from contaminated sharps.
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