
	Where results make sense

Topic: The Blood Donor

Related Topics

Blood donation

	National Volunteer Blood Donor Month (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Blood is traditionally in short supply during the winter months due to the holidays, travel schedules, inclement weather and illness.
		In an effort to thank the many blood donors and volunteers who have made life-saving contributions, AABB is pleased to present "A Million Thanks," a five-minute, professionally-produced video.
		Blood donors rarely have an opportunity to see and hear the remarkable, life-saving effects their donations have.
	www.aabb.org /Pressroom/NVBDM01/nvbdm0101.htm (327 words)

	Workshop on Streamlining the Blood Donor History Questionnaire
		Donor screening captures any errors and accidents that occur from the time the donors walks in, the hemoglobin, hematocrit is checked, blood pressure checked, temperature, all of the questions are asked, and the donor is determined to be suitable or unsuitable including checking of the deferral list.
		Donor risk education and screening currently reduces the risk burden in the donor population by 7 to 15 percent, and it could be higher or lower depending on which data that you use for a comparison.
		The donor questionnaire, it has to be understood by the donor, and a little earlier this morning I addressed the issue of why all the questions, and this is a brochure which we have had in place for a number of years.
	www.fda.gov /cber/minutes/bldqstn101600.htm (17780 words)

	The Blood Donor Center - Cape Fear Valley Health System
		Each blood donation equals one blood credit that may be kept by the donor or transferred to a family member or friend in need.
		Blood credits may be used to replace blood or platelet unit charges for patients of the Cape Fear Valley Health System or at any hospital or transfusion facility that participates in the National Blood Exchange (NBE), a program of the American Association of Blood Banks (AABB).
		Donors are eligible to donate whole blood every eight weeks but are considered a “regular blood donor” for donating just four times a year.
	www.capefearvalley.com /services/bap.htm (486 words)

	Carter BloodCare Home
		Blood is composed of four major components: plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets.
		Blood is made up of different "parts" or components: red blood cells, plasma, platelets and several types of white blood cells.
		Persons intending to donate blood must complete a donor record provided by CBC in order to enter the contest; however, persons are not required to donate blood in order to be eligible to enter the contest.
	www.carterbloodcare.org (16097 words)

	Medical Laboratory Observer: Advising the blood donor who failed the hematocrit test; this blood center offers rejected ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Rejected donors are improving their diets or seeking medical attention, and many are returning with acceptable hematocrits.
		When donors' fingerstick hematocrits are too low, the phlebotomist suggests that the laboratory perform a CBC on their venous blood without charge.
		The minimum acceptable hematocrit for blood donors is higher than most laboratories' lowest normal level; for example, the AABB minimum hematocrit is 41 per cent for men and 38 per cent for women, while our lab's lower limits are 39 per cent for men and 35 per cent for women.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3230/is_v17/ai_3920587 (781 words)

	Blood Donor Services
		To donate blood you have to be between the ages of 17 and 78, weigh at least 110 pounds, and be in good health.
		Blood is always needed for treatment of accident victims, cancer patients, hemophiliacs and surgery patients.
		Platelet or Apheresis - is a special type of blood donation in which whole blood is withdrawn from the donor and separated into its component parts (red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets and plasma).
	www.stjohnsmercy.org /services/blooddonor (424 words)

	Inova Blood Donor Services
		Blood must be available when needed for patients whose lives depend on it.
		Over 200 blood and platelet donations are needed everyday, year round by patients at the 15 hospitals served by Inova Blood Donor Services.
		Inova Blood Donor Services collects blood at blood drives and five donor centers: Dulles Town Center Donor Center in Sterling, Woodburn Medical Park Donor Center; CentreMed Donor Center in Centreville, Inova Alexandria Hospital Donor Center and Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Donor Center.
	www.inova.org /inovapublic.srt/donateblood/index.jsp (452 words)

	Why Give? \| Give Life \| American Red Cross
		Whether you are a donor or not, find out what donors like you think and do.
		Blood is needed for emergencies and for people who have cancer, blood disorders, sickle cell, anemia and other illnesses.
		Giving blood is simple and convenient — see our top 10 reasons to give, browse categories on the left to learn about blood donation, or simply...
	www.givelife2.org /donor (146 words)

	ScotBlood - The Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		If you are already a blood donor, or if giving blood is something you have always wished you could do, there is no better time to start than the New Year.
		Just come along to your next donor session and you will be given a donor card to record your promised attendances in 2005.
		We rely on volunteer blood donors to provide safe blood and tissue products and with NHSScotland partners and patients, ensure that these products are prescribed and used safely and effectively.
	www.show.scot.nhs.uk /scotblood (420 words)

	American Red Cross -- Donate Now!
		Many generous Americans nationwide have been donating blood since the terrorist attacks September 11 to ensure a sustained and secure blood supply for all Americans.
		Together with the Red Cross, these blood heroes are ensuring that the safest possible blood is readily available whenever and wherever needed - for the military, for other blood centers in America and for all 5,000 of America's hospitals.
		We all expect blood to be there for us, but barely a fraction of those who can give do.
	www.redcross.org /donate/give (257 words)

	blood donor challenge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The third annual event, which will take place Nov. 11 to 22, is a way to help the American Red Cross build blood supplies for the final six weeks of the year, a traditionally difficult time to keep blood in stock because of the holidays.
		The challenge is a contest between Penn State and Michigan State to see which school will have the most blood donated in the two-week period preceding the football game between the two schools.
		Penn State's goal is to generate 1,800 to 2,000 pints of blood -- roughly a three-day supply -- for the Johnstown Region of the American Red Cross, which includes State College.
	www.psu.edu /ur/archives/intercom_1996/Oct31/CURRENT/blood.html (176 words)

	About Blood
		Everyone Has It Everyone Needs It My Blood, Your Blood is an exciting new educational, multimedia project for students K-12 that teaches all about blood biology, blood circulation, and the importance of becoming a blood donor.
		If people lose blood from surgery or injury or if their bodies can't produce enough, there is only one place to turn -- volunteer blood donors.
		Therefore, people with type O blood are known as “universal donors” and those with type AB blood are known as “universal recipients.” In addition, AB Plasma donors can give to all blood types.
	www.scbcinfo.org /about/about_blood.htm (217 words)

	Blood Donor Screening
		Blood Donor Screening and Prevention of Transfusion-Associated Hepatitis C Virus Infection
		The prevalence of HCV antibody among blood donors is between 0.5% and 1.5% in the U.S. and different European countries; this is based on results obtained using a recently introduced anti-HCV screening test (Ortho Diagnostics, Raritan, NJ) developed by Kuo et al.
		Therefore, the commonly used donor screening tests might not prevent the transfusion of blood from potentially infectious persons at a later date.
	www.mdanderson.org /~citm/H-93-01.html (1202 words)

	Giving Blood (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Frequent transfusions of donated blood components become their lifeline until they can produce their own blood cells and platelets.
		The City of Hope Donor Center, one of the largest, hospital-based donor centers in the country, is located at the medical center in Duarte, California.
		For nearly 30 years, the Donor Center has provided a safe, comfortable environment in which to accept blood and platelet donations from patients' families and friends, and caring members of the community – like you.
	www.cityofhope.org /BloodDonorCenter (345 words)

	Blood Donor Wall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Two platelet donors have given more than 50 gallons, or have donated more than 400 pints of platelets.
		At the recognition, we were honored by special guest speaker Suzette Tejeda, who thanked blood donors for helping her three-year-old son and six-year-old son, who both have had treatments for leukemia.
		It is for this reason we honor these outstanding volunteer blood donors for all of the lives they have saved by devotedly giving their gift of life to help those in need."
	chapters.redcross.org /br/centralplains/DonorWall.htm (290 words)

	Blood Donor Study (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In this study all blood and blood products donated to the American Red Cross by a person who subsequently died of CJD will be traced.
		If your loved one was a blood donor or a blood recipient and you wish to participate please contact one of the names listed below.
		The recipients of any whole blood or blood product donated by a person who subsequently died of CJD will NOT be notified unless medically appropriate notification and counseling is deemed necessary by the health care provider.
	members.aol.com /larmstr853/cjdvoice/newsflash.htm (212 words)

	The Blood Donor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Italy is still importing blood and blood derivates from abroad.
		Having a stock held by continuos periodic donations is a way to preserve to life ourselves and our friends in case of need of blood.
		Before donating the donor should fill in a questionary and sign an informed consent; then he would have is pressure and hemoglobin measured.
	associazioni.monet.modena.it /avis/donatoreingl.htm (240 words)

	What's New in the Blood Donor Program
		The Saint Marys Blood Donor Center, located on Joseph Main 86, is open Monday through Friday, 7:45 a.m.
		The process for drawing whole blood donors generally takes one hour and the process for drawing platelets by automated collection generally takes two hours.
		Nonexempt employees may be allowed up to one hour time off with pay to donate whole blood or up to two hours time off with pay to donate platelets; however, this time away must be approved in advance by the supervisor.
	www.mayoclinic.org /donateblood/news.html (566 words)

	Organ and Tissue Donation/Transplantation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		America's blood banks are facing a critical shortage of blood.
		Nearly 32,000 pints of blood — one every 2.7 seconds — are used in the U.S. every day.
		To achieve a significant increase in the Nation's blood supply reserve, we challenge all Americans to give thanks to all regular volunteer blood donors and encourage every qualified federal employee in the Nation to give blood twice a year or more.
	www.organdonor.gov /blooddonor.htm (176 words)

	Blood Donor Center at Massachusetts General Hospital- About The Blood Donor Center
		of the largest full-service blood transfusion and donation services in the country.
		Today the blood donor center strives to help provide the 85,000 blood components necessary to transfuse patients at MGH, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Shriners Burn Institute for Children and the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital.
		The blood is supplied by volunteer donors; people who realize the ongoing need for life-saving blood.
	www.mgh.harvard.edu /blooddonor/bdc_aboutus.htm (111 words)

	International Blood Donor Day - BloodBankTalk Forums
		It's also "Flag Day", but the idea of having International Blood Donor Day is terrific if the message is delivered...
		There appears to be beginnings of the traditional "summer blood shortage" instead.
		Information on World Blood Donor Day in all countries can be found on TraQ under "International News":
	www.bloodbanktalk.com /forum/showthread.php?t=265 (104 words)

	Hancock's Half Hour - "The Blood Donor" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		What should it be, I thought: become a blood donor or join the Young Conservatives?
		Hancock, when a blood transfusion is being given the family background is of no consequence.
		And blood is blood all over the world, Mr.
	www.phespirit.info /hancock/hancock_62.htm (132 words)

	Duke Blood Donor Site
		Located in the Duke Clinics Building (formerly the Duke South Hospital), the Duke Routine Site is responsible for collecting 40 pints of blood a week from students, faculty, and staff of the Medical Center and the University.
		Many of our Routine Site donors give blood every 8 weeks, and all of our donors are crucial in our efforts to maintain an adequate blood supply.
		Duke University and Medical Center employees are encouraged to donate blood and giving blood is considered as time worked by university policy.
	www.duke.edu /web/redcross/dukesite.html (240 words)

	eBay - blood donor, Pinbacks, Nodders, Lunchboxes, Historical Memorabilia items on eBay.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Hancock The Blood Donor Rare BBC VHS Mint 90 Mins
		Blood VIP Donor MO/ILL Region Red Cross lapel pin
		BLOOD DONOR LOT 2 SHIRTS XL DATE BOOK 2006 TYPES USA
	search-desc.ebay.com /search/search.dll?query=blood+donor&newu=1&krd=1 (531 words)

	How do I get to the Blood Donor Center? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Please note that this is not intended be an exhaustive list of browsers that support web standards, nor a test of browser compliance, nor a side-by-side comparison of various manufacturers’ browsers.
		Tell the guard at the gate that you are here to donate blood. The guard will instruct you where to park.
		You will then enter the hospital by the red side door closest to the blood donor parking lot. The Blood Donor Center is in the southwest corner of the hospital on the ground floor.
	www.stjude.org /blood-donor-center/0,2544,436_2178_5846,00.html (296 words)

	West Nile Virus
		FEDERAL REGISTER: Guidance for Industry: Discontinuation of Donor Deferral Related to Recent Fever with Headache as a Symptom of West Nile Virus Infection''; Withdrawal of Guidance - 6/30/2005 - (PDF), (Text)
		Guidance for Industry: Assessing Donor Suitability and Blood and Blood Product Safety in Cases of Known or Suspected West Nile Virus Infection - 6/23/2005
		Call for Development of Blood Donor Screening and Supplemental Tests for Infections with West Nile Virus (WNV) - 10/3/2002
	www.fda.gov /cber/safety/westnile.htm (237 words)

	Welcome To Armed Services Blood Program
		The U.S. military always needs blood in war zones
		cannot donate blood for one year after they return
		Octavio Suarez unpacks blood that will be used to help care for injured troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
	www.militaryblood.dod.mil (113 words)

	World Blood Donor Day
		It gives us great pleasure to inform you that from 2004 and onwards, 14 June will be a special day dedicated to celebrating and thanking voluntary non-remunerated blood donors.
		We are calling the event World Blood Donor Day.
		Welcome to the new World Blood Donor Day site!
	www.wbdd.org (156 words)

	AABB - American Association of Blood Banks \| Home Page
		AABB - American Association of Blood Banks
		Proposed Standards for Blood Banks and Transfusion Services, 24th Edition
		AABB Donor History Questionnaire Version 1.1 June 2005
	www.aabb.org (36 words)

	Blood Donors - San Diego Blood Bank
		To ease the pinch at the pump, the San Diego Blood Bank is awarding a $10 gas card to the first 45 donors at each of its five centers on Friday, November 11, and Saturday, November 12.
		San Diego Blood Bank Offers $500 to Donors Who Refer RNs...
		[ Appointments ] [ Donor Centers ] [ Business Hours/Maps ] [ Bloodmobile Schedule ] [ Upcoming Events ] [ Donor Requirements ] [ Before You Donate ] [ Blood Donation FAQ ] [ Gallon Club ] [ Super Donors ] [ Organize A Blood Drive ] [ Imperial Valley Drives ]
	www.sandiegobloodbank.org /blood_donors (171 words)

	The National Blood Service - do something amazing give Blood
		The National Blood Service - do something amazing give Blood
		Our blood supplies are very reliant on regular donors.
		If you can we would love you to give blood three times a year.
	www.blood.co.uk (51 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)