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Platelets

FDA recall event 26240 · Class II · Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center

Key facts

Event ID 26240
Recall numbers B-1173-3, B-1174-3
Recalling firm Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center
Product type Biologics
Products Platelets, Red Blood Cells Leukocytes Reduced
Classification Class II
Status Completed
Voluntary or mandated Firm Initiated
Reason for recall Blood products, collected from a donor who reported travel to an area desginated as endemic for malaria, were distributed.
Initiation date Feb 5, 2002
City Houston
Country United States
FEI number 3002133806

At a glance

  • 1–9 Products in this recall
  • 10–99 FDA inspections of this firm (FEI)

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