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Blood Transfusion and Donation
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Overviews
- Overviews
- All About Blood (American Association of Blood Banks)
- Blood Donation and Transfusion (UpToDate)
- JAMA Patient Page: Blood Donation (American Medical Association)
- What to Expect When Donating Blood (American Red Cross)
Prevention/Screening
- Prevention/Screening
- Blood Donation Eligibility Guidelines (American Red Cross)
- Blood Frequently Asked Questions: Person's Suitability to Donate Blood (Food and Drug Administration)
Related Issues
- Related Issues
- Alternatives to Blood Transfusion (American Cancer Society)
- Apheresis (American Red Cross)
- Blood Transfusions - Knowing Your Options (America's Blood Centers)
- Donated Blood: Can It Transmit Genetic Diseases? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Leukocyte Reduction (American Red Cross)
- Monkeypox Virus Infections and Blood and Plasma Donors (Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration)
- PBSC (Peripheral Blood Stem Cell) Donation Frequently Asked Questions (National Marrow Donor Program)
- Possible Risks of Blood Product Transfusions (American Cancer Society)
- Receiving a Blood Transfusion: What Every Patient Should Know (American Association of Blood Banks)
- Universal Blood Donor Type: Is There Such a Thing? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- West Nile Virus: Blood Transfusion, Organ Donation and Blood Donation Screening Information (National Center for Infectious Diseases)
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Clinical Trials
- Clinical Trials
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Blood Transfusion (National Institutes of Health)
Research
- Research
- Nucleic Acid-Amplification Testing Further Safeguards Nation's Blood Supply (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
Anatomy/Physiology
- Anatomy/Physiology
- What Is Blood? (America's Blood Centers, American Association of Blood Banks)
Dictionaries/Glossaries
- Dictionaries/Glossaries
- Glossary of Terms Related to Blood and Blood Banking (American Red Cross)
- Plasma, Serum, Whole Blood: What Do These Terms Mean? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
Directories
- Directories
- Blood Bank Locator (American Association of Blood Banks)
- Cord Blood Banks (National Marrow Donor Program)
Organizations
- Organizations
- America's Blood Centers
- American Association of Blood Banks
- American Red Cross
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Law and Policy
- Law and Policy
- Keeping Blood Transfusions Safe: FDA's Multi-Layered Protections for Donated Blood (Food and Drug Administration)
Also available in: Spanish