[Histonet] Blood donations for money

[Bob Richmond]

I had no idea that there was a shortage of immune globulin. When I was with
Red Cross in the 1970s, we were awash in it, though only a few batches were
usable IV, a technology that was just developing then.

If we disrupt the health care payment system, the plight of our
hemophiliacs will be really desperate. I helped take care of the generation
of those boys that we were to lose to AIDS ten years later - I still grieve
for them.

On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 3:26 PM, Frazier, John <john.frazier at roche.com>
wrote:

> Here is a link to the Center for blood products evaluation and research
> (CBER) and the FDA that regulate this industry.
> I have consulted for this industry as a 6 sigma black belt and MT(ASCP).
> The level of compliance and regulatory standards that the plasma industry
> has to abide by puts most clinical laboratories and anatomical pathology
> laboratories inspections to shame (Joint Commission, ASCP)
>
> https://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/CentersOffices/OfficeofMedicalProductsandToba
> cco/CBER/default.htm
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jul 23, 2017, at 12:51 PM, Bob Richmond <rsrichmond at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Jorge A. Santiago-Blay, PhD asks about blood donation for money. I suppose
> he's in the US. I don't think there's any paid donation of whole blood in
> the US any more. This is probably a plasmapheresis center, where people
> donate twice a week. The red blood cells are returned to the donor. Two
> cycles of this are usually done at a session.
>
> Many, though not all, plasma donors are pretty sleazy people. I'd ask the
> plasma center first, then complain to local authorities about it. Most of
> these plasma centers are franchise operations, and you could complain to
> their managers also.
>
> Most plasma products (derivatives) can be sterilized so they don't transmit
> viruses. Or so we hope.
>
> Bob Richmond
> Samurai Pathologist
> Maryville TN
> ******************************************
>
> Close to where I leave, there is an establishment for blood "donations".
>
> Apparently, the establishment pays per donation. I hypothesize that the
>
> money explains why the place is generally "hopping" (today, ca. 8:30AM,
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> there were ca, 25-30 cars parked in front of the establishment; Sunday
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> mornings, same story). Regularly, I see trash out of the store (incl. blood
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> splatter marks on the sidewalk, gauze, etc.).
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> Can someone tell me:
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> 1. Where can one find information of the internal operations of
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> establishments like this?
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> 2. Where can one report concerns about establishments like this?
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> 3. More broadly, how can anyone *scientifically* tell whether the blood
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> "donated" at those (or any other) establishments is "safe" for use by other
>
> humans?
>
>
> Jorge A. Santiago-Blay, PhD
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> blaypublishers.com
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