Whether any products have been destroyed since production restarted at the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service’s Protein Fractionat…

Answered Asked by Shona Robison SNP Lodged 23 Feb 2007

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether any products have been destroyed since production restarted at the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service’s Protein Fractionation Centre and, if so, what these products were, what quantity was involved and what the reasons were for their destruction.

The answer

Answered by Andy Kerr on 7 Mar 2007 · 12 days after it was lodged, on time

Material used to test partof the Protein Fractionation Centre (PFC) production processes as well asout-of-date products, returns and quality samples have been disposed of.
Some part processed productswhich were not fit for further processing were discarded in September 2006.
The disposal of startingmaterials, intermediate products and finished products from the PFC is carriedout in compliance with the quality assurance procedures that are in place.
The following table showsproducts discarded at the PFC since 1 September 2006:
Product
| Quantity
| Reason For Discard

Human Albumin
| 5,168g
1,070g
| Expired
Reject

Human Immunoglobulin for intravenous infusion
| 945g
2672g
| Expired
Reject

Human Immunoglobulin for intramuscular infusion
| 239 vials
277 vials
| Expired
Reject

Coagulation Factors
| 43 kits
21 vials
| Expired
Reject

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-31970 by reference.