NEW SYSTEM FOR BLOOD PLASMA SUPPLY IN NORWAY
As of 1 July this year, the supply of blood plasma for Norwegian patients will be secured through contributions from European blood banks. The Norwegian Procurement services for Health Enterprises (Helseforetakenes innkjøpsservice HINAS) has formed an agreement with Baxter AS that entails an historic change to the management of blood plasma in Norway.Media contacts Sverre Slaastad, +47 90 95 21 28 Hans Erik Heier, Ullevål University Hospital, +47 95 93 87 94 Oslo, 9 June 2009 – As of 1 July the healthcare company Baxter will purchase, collect and retrieve blood plasma from all of the