Blood bag safety
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Blood bag manufacturers Baxter, Med-Sec and Terumo are not specifically linked to the formation of white particulate recently found in collection bags in blood centers around the U.S., FDA says. An ongoing investigation initially focused on Baxter bags (1"The Gray Sheet" Feb. 10, 2003, In Brief). The agency notes that the particles are formed from natural substances within the blood and are possibly related to automated methods for platelet collection. The exact cause of particle formation is still unknown...