Wilson v. Irwin Memorial Blood Bank

Opinion

PERLEY, J.

In Osborn v. Irwin Memorial Blood Bank (1992) 5 Cal.App.4th 234, 271 [7 Cal.Rptr.2d 101], we held that a blood bank sued for negligent failure to safeguard its blood supply is subject to a professional standard of care. Thus, if negligent failure to prevent transmission of the AIDS virus is alleged, it must be shown that the blood bank failed to exercise the degree of care ordinarily exercised by other blood banks under similar circumstances. (Id., at p. 272.) In Osborn, we found no substantial evidence that the blood testing performed by Irwin Memorial Blood Bank in February…