Letters
Faulty bags were withdrawn from routine use
BMJ 1995; 311 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.311.7001.389b (Published 05 August 1995) Cite this as: BMJ 1995;311:389
- Angela Robinson
- Medical director National Blood Authority, Watford WD1 1Q4
EDITOR,--Owen Dyer's report on the faulty blood bags withdrawn by the National Blood Authority may have misled readers.1 He quotes our spokeswoman as saying that “only 5000 of the estimated 7000 Tuta bags had been disposed of immediately because some hospitals had no other kind.” When the fault in the Tuta bags was first discovered …
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