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	<description>Ole Soldier griping</description>
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		<title>Still at it &#8211; and whither ASBP?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 02:53:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blood bankers industrialized themselves after WWII for good reason &#8211; to ensure the blood supply was safe &#8211; industrial type production enforced standards and enhanced &#8220;potency, purity, and sterility.&#8221; (thank you COL Whitaker, for having me commit that to memory)  But, somewhere in the rush to not-just-profitability-but-ever-increasing-profitability, some lost (and continue to lose) touch with &#8230; <a class="read-excerpt" href="http://www.jeffzed.com/2012/01/still-at-it-and-whither-asbp/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Your Donation Dollars at Work</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 05:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NYT reports on some of the inherent problems with a mostly volunteer service that makes money for top execs: Problems Persist With Red Cross Blood Services By STEPHANIE STROM For 15 years, the American Red Cross has been under a federal court order to improve the way it collects and processes blood. Yet, despite $21 &#8230; <a class="read-excerpt" href="http://www.jeffzed.com/2008/07/your-donation-dollars-at-work-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Expensive but Safe</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 16:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now if we could get all the eligible donors to cough it up: Nation&#8217;s blood supply is expensive but safeThe large number of tests now required by the FDA to check for diseases has made the nation&#8217;s blood supply extremely safe, one expert says, but also has increased the price of one unit of red &#8230; <a class="read-excerpt" href="http://www.jeffzed.com/2007/09/expensive-but-safe/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Iraqi Donors Demand Payment</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 16:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Because apparently everything goes nastier with war: Iraqi blood shortage leads to donors demanding paymentSome Iraqis are demanding payment for blood donations amid a serious shortage of blood in the war-torn country. &#8220;The most expensive blood types are the rare ones and we cannot force people to give them for free,&#8221; a surgeon at a &#8230; <a class="read-excerpt" href="http://www.jeffzed.com/2007/09/iraqi-donors-demand-payment/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Blood Donor Pool Shrinking</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffzed.com/2007/09/blood-donor-pool-shrinking/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2007 16:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jeffz66</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a real defense, public health, and increasingly finance security problem developing. These stories were sent to me by a friend but sadly, there are plenty more out there: Public Health (ASCP) Red Cross warns of potential blood shortage in Southern California. The UPI (9/3) reported that the Red Cross faces &#8220;a potential year-long &#8230; <a class="read-excerpt" href="http://www.jeffzed.com/2007/09/blood-donor-pool-shrinking/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Appearance of Prejudice (and evidence of stupidity)</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffzed.com/2007/06/appearance-of-prejudice-and-evidence-of-stupidity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2007 01:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jeffz66</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Among the dumber things are the prohibitions against gay people donating blood.&#160; As it stands, a person that frequents prostitutes could donate but a man in a committed relationship can&#8217;t.&#160; Before the AIDS epidemic, gay populations were among the best blood donors in America. Now, almost none of them can donate.&#160; There are certain risk &#8230; <a class="read-excerpt" href="http://www.jeffzed.com/2007/06/appearance-of-prejudice-and-evidence-of-stupidity/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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