Donor Referral Services

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration have shut down Donor Referral Services of Raleigh, NC. The FDA said the company, run by Philip Guyett, had serious deficiencies in its processing, donor screening and record keeping. The government accused Guyett of altering records to overlook such problems as cancer or drug use by the deceased donor. The body broker allegedly used an un-sterile embalming room to carve up dozens of corpses to procure tissue. Improperly processed or poorly tested tissue can lead to infections like hepatitis or AIDS or even death.