What is Blood Plasma Donation?

A few days ago, a netizen mixed the blood donated by the blood donor with the still-used plasma into water to water the orchid. At the same time, he took a photo and uploaded it to a forum, showing that the fertilizer he gave to the orchid was a "high-protein nutrient." Its photos have been reprinted on various websites, causing discussions about "the plasma of voluntary blood donation was used as a fertilizer for watering flowers". After investigation by the Chengdu Municipal Health Bureau, it was found that the plasma was caused by the staff of the blood transfusion department of a local industrial and mining hospital that failed to dispose of the plasma when it was discarded. The Chengdu Municipal Health Bureau has now seriously dealt with the person in charge.

Plasma watering

A few days ago, a netizen mixed the blood donated by the blood donor with the still-used plasma into water to water the orchid. At the same time, he took a photo and uploaded it to a forum, showing that the fertilizer he gave to the orchid was a "high-protein nutrient." Its photos have been reprinted on various websites, causing discussions about "the plasma of voluntary blood donation was used as a fertilizer for watering flowers". After investigation by the Chengdu Municipal Health Bureau, it was found that the plasma was caused by the staff of the blood transfusion department of a local industrial and mining hospital that failed to dispose of the plasma when it was discarded. The Chengdu Municipal Health Bureau has now seriously dealt with the person in charge.

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Plasma watering

Time

November 7, 2009

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The reporter has tried to contact the poster according to the mobile phone number obtained by the "human flesh search" of the netizen. He only said that "he has been under a lot of pressure recently" and refused to disclose

According to the news released by the Chengdu Municipal Health Bureau, the incident was caused by a violation of regulations in the disposal of discarded plasma by a Chengdu Industrial and Mining Hospital. After the staff in the blood transfusion department of the hospital found that the plasma had floc, it was not discarded according to regulations, but was handed over to another member of the department to pass on to their relatives and friends. As a result, a scene of watering flowers was caused.

The Chengdu Municipal Health Bureau took serious treatment of the persons in charge of the hospital involved in the "plasma watering," but the blood management loopholes exposed in it were worthy of the attention of the relevant departments.

In addition, discarded blood is a type of medical waste. According to relevant regulations, medical and health institutions should promptly hand over medical waste to the centrally disposed unit of medical waste for disposal in accordance with the principle of centralized nearby disposal; any unit or individual is prohibited from transferring or trading medical waste. Letting plasma from the human body flow into the society for watering flowers not only violates relevant regulations, but also hurts social ethics and public feelings.

According to the blood donation method, medical institutions should formulate plans for clinical blood use, follow reasonable and scientific principles, and must not waste or abuse blood. The information on the plasma bag showed that the blood collection date was October 3, 2009, and the expiration date was October 3, 2014. Whatever the reason, it should not be the plasma that represents the love of the vast number of unpaid blood donors in such a short time.

Blood management is an important part of China's health work. It is also a social work that involves a wide range of policies and has a strong policy nature. It directly affects the health and safety of blood donors and users. "Plasma watering" incident shows that blood management needs to be strengthened. The urgent task is to strengthen the quality control of the whole process of blood collection and supply institutions to ensure blood quality and blood safety.

On the 10th, Director Zhen Ying, director of the Chengdu Municipal Health Bureau, said that it had been determined that the plasma had been transmitted from a county-level industrial and mining hospital. "The problem lies in the blood scrap management procedures of this industrial and mining hospital. After the blood transfusion department staff found that there was blood in the blood, it was not handled as required when it was discarded. Instead, it was passed to another member of the department and passed to his friend." Ying said that the staff on duty of the blood transfusion department was terminated and the director of the department was dismissed. ^[1]

Why is plasma that has a shelf life until 2014 discarded? Even if scrapped, why does plasma become flower fertilizer? In order to understand these questions, yesterday, the Chengdu Health Bureau's phone was called by the reporter as a hotline.

Zhen Ying, director of the Department of Political Affairs of the Chengdu Municipal Health Bureau, said that the plasma had been determined to have been sent from the Chengdu Blood Center to a county-level blood bank and then transferred to a local industrial and mining hospital. "The problem lies in the blood scrap management procedures of this industrial and mining hospital," said Zhen Ying. "When the blood transfusion department staff found that blood was floc and discarded it, it was not dealt with in accordance with regulations. His friends. "

After the "Plasma Watering" web post spread on major domestic websites and forums, it aroused great indignation among netizens, believing that this was a disrespect for blood donors and life, and strongly demanded that the relevant personnel be severely punished, Questioned the management process.

Zhang Hong: The love behind plasma has been ignored

(Commenter for Today Watch)

He may continue to deal with how this bag of plasma turned into fertilizer. In my opinion, this incident was triggered, or it got everyone's attention, because the poster named "Come and Come Back" was showing off. The website where he posted is a collection of orchid-raising enthusiasts. Everyone introduced some experiences of orchid-raising. He suddenly posted such a photo on November 7th, which stirred up public anger. On November 8th, everyone Began to question on the Internet crazy, the poster began to say that the bag of plasma was picked up, picked up next to the parking lot, but this statement still can not avoid everyone's questioning, how can there be plasma thrown next to the parking lot? How could this be possible? Finally, the poster began a formal apology. In my opinion, the poster is not just showing off the trouble, it is also the trouble of his numbness. He didn't realize that behind this bag of cold plasma was actually a lot of people's love.

Ma Guangyuan: Survey conclusions unknown

(Observer for Today)

The first time this happened, each of us was shocked. When I saw that the Chengdu Health Bureau took a short time to quickly reach an investigation conclusion and informed the public of the results of the investigation, I was slightly relieved. However, from the investigation conclusions, I found that there are many doubts that cannot answer my many questions.

First, the uploaded picture shows that the collection date of this bag of plasma was October 3, 2009, then its expiration date was October 3, 2014. In which process did it result in scrapping? We did not see any explanation in this regard. Second, according to the findings of the survey, the bag of plasma was first issued by the Chengdu Blood Center to a county-level blood bank, and then transferred to a local industrial and mining hospital. In these conclusions, we did not see any specific description of the involved hospital institutions or the relevant responsible persons, which means that we do not know who these people are and who these institutions are. ?

Zhang Hong: Plasma scrapping system was "scrapped"

(Commenter for Today Watch)

There was a flaw in the plasma scrapping system. The leak was that he did not implement the rules. He did not have the right to determine that this bag of plasma was scrapped. He only identified it with naked eyes when he needed it. Scraped. In fact, he should report it to a higher-level professional department for testing. After the test, an identification test showed that the bag of plasma was scrapped. In addition, even if it is scrapped, it cannot be given to others because it is medical waste. When it is scrapped, it must be uniformly recycled, autoclaved, and uniformly incinerated, because it will cause pollution after it flows to the society. So this scrapping rule has been "scrapped" and has not been implemented.

Ma Guangyuan: Lack of credibility in findings

(Observer for Today)

The relevant person in charge of Chengdu has some statements when answering questions, but these statements, I think, are "hiding cats". We have not seen the names of any specific person and no specific hospital organization. The name appeared, and in particular he did not say anything about whether the bag of plasma we were very concerned about was expired or not. Just from the conclusion of his investigation, he fully believed that the responsible person had a floc. But there is no floc, we have not seen a scientific professional explanation, which makes us feel very incredible.

How does the relevant investigative agency conduct investigations? The investigation was carried out by the Blood Center Law Enforcement Brigade and the relevant divisions, which basically belongs to the investigation of their own situation. In addition, Chengdu Blood Center said the incident had nothing to do with them. Professionals from other blood stations have stated that plasma has a shelf life of 5 years, and it is generally impossible to expire. If it is a qualified and up-to-standard product in the previous collection process, it is generally not scrapped. The question "Whether plasma is obsolete or a qualified product" that I am most concerned about is without any answer. I don't know what such investigation and processing mean to the public.

The person in charge has been investigated and dealt with. What kind of thoughts have been caused by the occurrence of the plasma watering case?

Zhang Hong: Blood Use Expects Transparency

(Commenter for Today Watch)

We have been saying that blood is love, because it is donated free of charge, and it is also a public product. More than 99% of clinical blood in our country is donated free of charge, and most provinces are 100%. The provision is not good enough. What is the information provision? It is in the process of collecting and using plasma that the feedback to our blood donors and all the public is not sound. Of course, in the process of use, there are various such costs, such as inspection, separation, and transportation costs. But how much is collected in a year? How much is collected at a blood station? How much has been used until the end? How much was scrapped? All this information needs to be transparent. Only by making them all transparent can we reduce our doubts.

Ma Guangyuan: An independent regulatory body should be established

(Observer for Today)

In fact, many countries, like us, implement free blood donation systems. Because in the supervision process of blood, factors such as its safety and so on, need some independent regulators to supervise, so many countries such as Canada, France, etc. have specialized independent regulators, lawyers, public welfare personnel, etc. Professional committees to supervise. So I think the transparency of this information is indeed very important. If we do not have a good system, without an independent and neutral institution to supervise, and without a good system to guarantee, then this event may not be just a By accident.

Deng Yaping: Responsible departments should strengthen management

(Beijing Volunteer for Voluntary Blood Donation Volunteer, Special Commentator of Today's Watch, Deputy Secretary of the Communist Youth League of Beijing)

As a volunteer blood donation promoter in Beijing, I just performed a blood donation on November 3rd. For blood donation, I have such an attitude, that is, every drop of blood is hot, of course for holding this The blood was used for other purposes. Of course, I think it is inappropriate. There must be some problems in the management of the hospital. However, I think this is only a very rare phenomenon. I believe that most people are dedicated to donating love and donating blood. I respect these people very much.

Wang Yue: Applying technical management methods to put an end to such incidents

(Deputy commentator of "Observation Today", Deputy Director of the Department of Health Law, Peking University School of Medicine)

Why does blood have scrap due to improper storage? If it is unreasonable, is it our management process? It should be changed a bit and managed with technology. This bar code is one bag for one code, so we can completely use our system design and our technical methods to require all blood bags that have been coded to go to a destruction link or be used for clinical use. If we take some measures technically, I think this kind of incident can be completely prevented. I think the best rejection of human feelings is to use machines for management.

Zhang Hong: Respect life and be kind

(Commenter for Today Watch)

I especially like the word "kindness", and may be "fished" and fined; in Jingzhou, if you jump into the water to save a child, the corpse may be bargained and not treated after being sacrificed; this time in Chengdu Blood donors, their love is not kind. Therefore, my only appeal is that our entire society, including ourselves, can learn to respect life, to learn to treat love and care for love, because for medical workers, what you face, you must always remember, that is not one A bag of cold plasma, but a fiery love.

Ma Guangyuan: Looking forward to a clearer conclusion

(Commenter for Today Watch)

I look forward to the Chengdu Municipal Health Bureau being able to give us a conclusion that is clearer and more appeasing to the public mood, and release all our doubts.