Drug recall

Platelets Leukoreduced, Irradiated

FDA recall event 26698 · Class II · South Texas Blood & Tissue Center

Key facts

Event ID 26698
Recall numbers B-1565-3, B-1566-3, B-1567-3
Recalling firm South Texas Blood & Tissue Center
Product type Biologics
Products Platelets Leukoreduced, Irradiated, Recovered Plasma, Red Blood Cells, Leukoreduced
Classification Class II
Status Completed
Voluntary or mandated Firm Initiated
Reason for recall Blood products, collected from a donor who resided in an area considered at increased risk of exposure to new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (nvCJD), were distributed.
Initiation date Apr 9, 2002
City San Antonio
Country United States
FEI number 1676815

At a glance

  • 1–9 Products in this recall
  • None FDA inspections of this firm (FEI)

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