[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 7]
[Revised as of April 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR640.32]

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                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
          DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES--(Continued)
 
PART 640--ADDITIONAL STANDARDS FOR HUMAN BLOOD AND BLOOD PRODUCTS--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart D--Plasma
 
Sec. 640.32  Collection of source material.

    (a) Whole blood shall be collected, transported, and stored as 
prescribed in Sec. 640.4. When whole blood is intended for Plasma, Fresh 
Frozen Plasma, and Liquid Plasma, it shall be maintained at a 
temperature between 1 and 6  deg.C until the plasma is removed. Whole 
blood intended for Platelet Rich Plasma, shall be maintained as 
prescribed in Sec. 640.24 until the plasma is removed. The red blood 
cells shall be placed in storage at a temperature between 1 and 6  deg.C 
immediately after the plasma is separated.
    (b) Plasma obtained by plasmapheresis shall be collected as 
prescribed in Secs. 640.62, 640.64 (except that paragraph (c)(3) of 
Sec. 640.64 shall not apply), and Sec. 640.65.

[42 FR 59878, Nov. 22, 1977, as amended at 45 FR 27927, Apr. 25, 1980; 
50 FR 4139, Jan. 29, 1985; 64 FR 45372, Aug. 19, 1999]