(a) A system which carries through from donor to recipient must be used to identify the blood. This shall be accomplished by having blood container and pilot tube labels identified with the donor before venesection. The labels and personal history shall carry the same identification number. These labels shall accompany the donor to the collection room and shall be applied to the blood container and pilot tubes while it is still possible to check accurately the identity of the blood with the donor and his history. Other documents related to the blood such as invoices, if used, shall also contain the same identification number.

(b) Every California licensed blood bank shall obtain reports of reactions in individuals receiving its blood, or blood derivatives, where it appears that these materials from the blood bank may be implicated in such reactions. Reporting shall include also any illness whose cause may be related to transfusion of blood or blood derivatives provided by the blood bank. Forms for these purposes may be devised by the blood bank as a reminder to the transfusion services and as encouragement to them to comply with this requirement.

(c) In addition to the applicable portions of the regulations set forth in Section 963 and the first two paragraphs of this section, the blood bank shall keep complete records of each donor, which shall include all information specified in Section 1002. Records are required also which contain information related to the disposition of all blood collected or distributed.

(d) These records shall be kept for an interval of not less than five years after the expiration date of the blood unit involved. All such records shall be correlated in such a way that checking the complete history of each blood unit may be quickly and conveniently performed.

(e) Records of refrigerator temperatures shall fulfill the requirements contained in Section 1002(g)(2) of these regulations.

(f) All blood bank records shall be dated.