Drug recall

Platelets

FDA recall event 27139 · Class II · Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center

Key facts

Event ID 27139
Recall numbers B-1853-3, B-1854-3
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, which were collected from a donor who had traveled to a malarial endemic area, were distributed.
Initiation date Mar 26, 2003
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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