Health Canada has slapped new terms and conditions on all of a company's paid plasma centres after multiple failed inspections where the regulator found "recurring, systemic deficiencies."

This comes after two people died in Winnipeg less than four months apart after giving their plasma at different Grifols locations in the city.

It also comes after the company's Canadian head office in Oakville, Ont., failed its January inspection. The head office doesn’t collect plasma, but the federal health regulator said it oversees all 16 Canadian collection sites.

On Wednesday, a Health Canada spokesperson said they conducted a virtual inspection of the head office. The inspection found Grifols wasn't accurately assessing a donor's suitability, did not thoroughly investigate errors and accidents, and didn't have enough properly trained staff members.

The inspection also found operating procedures were not always followed and that Grifols was allowing people to give plasma even when information shows "the safety of blood could be affected."

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[–] Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 weeks ago

Who would have though a paid plasma centre would have some sort of incentive to collect as much blood product as possible without regards for safety. Almost like capitalism has fucked up and dangerous priorities.

I quickly googled the subreddits about poverty finances talking about how to make money getting as much blood donated as possible. If you are so poor that you are trying to make $300-400 a month donating then you probably aren't making enough money to properly maintain the nutrients to recover from losing a pint of blood.

[–] Thalion@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago

We should just ban for profit plasma centers