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U.S. Takes Red Cross to Court on Blood Safety

Date: December 14, 2001
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QUOTE: The government asked a federal judge today to hold the American Red Cross in contempt of court, accusing it of repeated violations of blood safety regulations...

ABSTRACT: The Food and Drug Administration's complaints are very serious, not technicalities: shipment of contaminated blood, failure to screen donors, failure to fully test donated blood before using it. Similar complaints were made in 1993, and the Red Cross says it has spent $280 million since then to fix problems with its blood supply operations.

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