American Red Cross Fined $9.6 Million for Blood-Safety Lapses
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The American Red Cross, the biggest U.S. supplier of donated blood, was fined $9.59 million after regulators found 16 of the organization’s facilities failed to comply with blood-safety rules.
Food and Drug Administration inspectors found “significant violations” from April 2010 to October 2010, including inadequate “managerial control,” record-keeping and quality assurance, the agency said yesterday in a letter to the Washington-based organization.