A national blood contribution monitoring program, established after one of the country’s worst public health disasters, is soon coming to an end. It’s a decision being met with strong criticism from several health experts, patients and advocacy groups.

“This is just wrong on so many levels,” said Terri-Lynn Langdon, who lives with a bleeding disorder and must sign for blood products every time she has a medical procedure. “I want to know that those blood products I receive are safe.”

While all blood is routinely screened before transfusions there’s another safeguard ensuring blood safety, also known as hemovigilance, designed to collect data in an effort to detect transfusion injuries or errors.

The Blood Safety Contribution Program (BSCP) is a national system or database which tracks a

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