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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (July 30, 1973)
Blood banks must stop relying on Skid Row bums BY STUART AUERBACH (C) 1973. The Washington Past WASHINGTON — Hie federal govern ment has warned the nation’s bloodbanks to develop a system to provide enough safe blood for all Americans without buying it from skid row bums, a major source of disease in blood transfusions. If not. federal officials told a White House health seminar this month the Administration will seek legislation set ting up a nationalized Mood supply system. “For too long we have endured our present haphazard nonsystem of blood supply, with its sporadic shortages across the country,’’ said Dr. Henry Simmons, deputy assistant Secretary of Health in the Department of Health Education and Welfare. “There is no overall shortage of blood, just widespread mismanagment of this vital national resource ” The new national blood policy was revealed by HEW Secretary Caspar Weinberger, who said it is aimed at creating “an all-voluntary system of blood . . . (which) would go far toward eliminating the threat of hepatitis trans mitted by blood from unhealthy donors." About 16 per cent of the nearly 9 million pints of blood collected each year is bought from commercial donors, many of whom are unhealthy and who come from low income slum and skid row groups. “This blood," an HEW report said, “accounts for about 25 to 40 per cent of post-transfusion hepatitis because commercial donors present a relatively high risk of trans mitting hepatitis.” HEW estimated that 17,000 cases erf hepatitis are caused each year by trans fusions and 850 of them result in death Another 100.000 cases never show up clinically. This costs the nation, HEW7 said, an estimated 86 million a year “Transition to an all-voluntary system should produce savings of at least $18 million to $29 million annually in reduced illnesses and death from post-transfusion hepatitis alone,’ HEW said The government also wants the blood banks to set up regional systems to ex change blood between hospitals and supply stations in an effort to avoid wastage. Simmons estimated that one-fourth of all the Wood collected for transfusion is wasted through out da ting; blood has 21 days’ shelf life before it can no longer be used for transfusions. Simmons explained that the government decided not to nationalize the blood system until the four-pronged blood banking complex—the Red Cross (collecting 40 per cent of the blood), community blood banks (29 per cent), hospitals (18 per cent) and commercial blood banks (11 per cent)— had five months to come up with a program erf its own. To reinforce the government’s carrot and stick approach. Secretary Weinberger said he will call a meeting erf blood banking interests next month “to hammer out the specific steps we must take to insure an adequate supply of high quality blood, blood products and services.” This will entail getting the different parts of the blood banking complex, who are often at odds with each other, to begin working together for the first time. Shoppers asked views on pizza, lard, deodorants (Continued from Page 1) comments on the Agriculture Depart ment’s proposal to modify its standard for some ingredients used in lard. The proposal would permit use erf cured or cooked pork tissues or both in preparation of lard as well as fat rendered from bones. The proposal would also establish quality standards for grading new lard. Write to Hearing Clerk, Agriculture Department, Washington. D.C. 20250. —Feminine deodorant sprays. Aug. 20 is the deadline for comments on Food and Drug Administration’s proposal to require special warning labels on sprays. Con sumer Reports and physicians claim that sprays cause adverse reactions, such as itching, burning and infections. Send comments to Hearing Clerk, Health, Education and Welfare Department, Fishers Lane, Rockville, Md. 20852 Before the regulation affecting frozen cherry pies went into effect, each pie maker could decide how many cherries to put in its frozen cherry pie. OPEN 10 AM TODAY ^ ALL ITEMS SUBJECT TO PRIOR SALE ^ ALL SALES FINAL FINAL DAYS! COMPLETE LIQUIDATION TO THE BARE WALLS NOW! ITEMS — — Flare Tweed Pants Guys & Gals - Reg. S11.00 Jr. Dresses ENTIRE STOCK Reg. $28.99 Arrow Shirts Reg. $10 / Long Sleeve Asst. Prints Men's Knit Shirts Reg. S7.00 Women's Pants Large Group By Stuffed Jeans $15 Men's Corduioy By Le< Reg S'2 OLD PRICE >5” SJ99 9099 S399 S099 PRICE NOW 99c S J 69 $249 ~\-1 $1 88 $099 67' PLAID CUFFED & FLAIR PANTS Reg. 1200 687 MEN'S DRESS SHIRTS Reg. 600 S399 LANDLUBBER FLAIR PANTS Reg. 1500 s2" LADIES SKI PARKAS Reg. 25 “ 10 ” DENIM CUFFED PANTS Reg. 140C s10" SALE BEING CONDUCTED ON FORMER PREMISES BLOK III MENS & WOMENS APPAREL 1233 ALDER ST. EUGENE
