[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: 21CFR640.4] [Page 86-87] 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 A--Whole Blood Sec. 640.4 Collection of the blood. (a) Supervision. Blood shall be drawn from the donor by a qualified physician or under his supervision by assistants trained in the procedure. A physician shall be present on the premises when blood is being collected, except that blood may be collected when a physician is not present on the premises, provided the establishment (1) maintains on the premises, and files with the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, a manual of standard procedures and methods, approved by the Director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, that shall be followed by employees who collect blood, and (2) maintains records indicating the name and qualifications of the person immediately in charge of the employees who collect blood when a physician is not present on the premises. (b) The donor center. The pertinent requirements of Secs. 600.10 and 600.11 of this chapter shall apply at both the blood establishment and at any other place where the bleeding is performed. (c) Blood containers. Blood containers and donor sets shall be pyrogen-free, sterile and identified by lot number. The amount of anticoagulant required for the quantity of blood to be collected shall be in the blood container when it is sterilized. In addition, all container and donor set surfaces that come in contact with blood used in the processing of Heparin Whole Blood shall be water repellent. (d) The anticoagulant solution. The anticoagulant solution shall be sterile and pyrogen-free. Anticoagulant solutions shall be compounded and used according to a formula approved by the Director, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research. (e) Donor identification. Each unit of blood shall be so marked or identified by number or other symbol as to relate it to the individual donor whose identity shall be established to the extent necessary for compliance with Sec. 640.3. (f) Prevention of contamination of the blood. The skin of the donor at the site of phlebotomy shall be prepared thoroughly and carefully by a method that gives maximum assurance of a sterile container of blood. The blood shall be collected by aseptic methods in a sterile system which may be closed or may be vented if the vent protects the blood against contamination. (g) Pilot samples for laboratory tests. Pilot samples for laboratory tests shall meet the following standards: (1) One or more pilot samples shall be provided with each unit of blood when issued or reissued except as provided in Sec. 640.2(c)(2) and all pilot samples shall be from the donor who is the source of the unit of blood. (2) All samples for laboratory tests performed by the manufacturer and all pilot samples accompanying a unit of blood shall be collected at the time of filling the final container by the person who collects the unit of blood. (3) All containers for all samples shall bear the donor's identification before collecting the samples. (4) All containers for pilot samples accompanying a unit of blood shall be attached to the whole blood container before blood collection in a tamperproof manner that will conspicuously indicate removal and reattachment. (5) When CPDA-1 is used, pilot samples for compatibility testing shall contain blood mixed with CPDA-1. (h) Storage. Immediately after collection, unless the blood is to be used as a source for Platelets, it shall be placed in storage at a temperature between 1 and 6 deg.C unless it must be transported from the donor clinic to the processing laboratory. In the latter case, the blood shall be placed in temporary storage having sufficient refrigeration capacity to cool the blood continuously toward a range between 1 and 6 deg.C until it arrives at the processing laboratory, where it shall be stored at a temperature between 1 and 6 deg.C. Blood from which Platelets is to be prepared shall be held in an environment maintained at a temperature range 20 to 24 deg.C until the platelets are separated. The red blood cells shall be placed in storage at [[Page 87]] a temperature between 1 and 6 deg.C immediately after the platelets are separated. [38 FR 32089, Nov. 20, 1973, as amended at 42 FR 59878, Nov. 22, 1977; 43 FR 34460, Aug. 4, 1978; 49 FR 23834, June 8, 1984; 50 FR 4138, Jan. 29, 1985; 55 FR 11013, Mar. 26, 1990; 64 FR 45372, Aug. 19, 1999; 66 FR 1836, Jan. 10, 2001]