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From: userDJMA@ualtamts.BITNET (Douglas James Martin)
Newsgroups: can.general
Subject: Re: The Canadian Red Cross
Message-ID: <384@ualtamts.BITNET>
Date: 19 Sep 89 13:11:37 GMT
References: <141@isgtec.UUCP> <142@isgtec.UUCP>
Organization: University of Alberta (MTS)
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In article <142@isgtec.UUCP>, robert@isgtec.UUCP (Robert Osborne) writes:
>I went to donate blood on Friday and discovered that the Red Cross has
>switched manufacturers of their needles. ...
>
>What I want to know is what prompted the Red Cross, ...
 
A mistake? My guess would be that they found a cheaper supplier
not realizing that they were duller (larger guage maybe?) needles.
DID you fill in the comment card? They want blood so badly half
the time that I'm quite sure that a negative reaction from any
significant percentage of donors would have a major impact. Instead
of refusing to give blood again, why don't you phone them in
3 months and see if they've changed back (or changed to something
better)??
 
Douglas Martin
Printing Services
University of Alberta