Directory of Donation Resources

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Blood donation is a process where a healthy person voluntarily has blood drawn for use in transfusions or for separation into different blood products to be used for medical purposes.

Subcategories

• Blood Banks

Resources in This Category

• AABB

  http://www.aabb.org/
  International non-profit association representing individuals and institutions involved in the field of transfusion medicine and cellular therapies. Includes facts about donating and receiving blood, where to donate, meetings and publications.

• American Red Cross: Blood Donation

  http://www.redcrossblood.org/
  Provides information on donation, the uses to which blood is put, hosting a blood drive and volunteering.

• Australian Red Cross Blood Service

  http://www.donateblood.com.au/
  Provides information on blood, becoming a donor, getting involved, news and events.

• Canadian Blood Services

  https://www.blood.ca/
  Provides information on becoming a donor, the different types of donation, how to get involved and things donors should know. In English and French.

• Donating Blood and Platelets

  http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/11698.cfm
  FAQs for blood donors, including information on how various medicines and diseases affect the ability to donate. From the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

• Irish Blood Transfusion Service

  http://www.giveblood.ie/
  Provides information on becoming a donor, where and when to give blood, clinical services and information on blood and blood products.

• MedlinePlus: Blood Transfusion and Donation

  https://medlineplus.gov/bloodtransfusionanddonation.html
  Provides information on blood donation, the blood donation process, and blood transfusion. Information offered in 13 different languages.

• NHS Choices: Blood Donation

  http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/blood-donation/
  Provides a short video and details of how the procedure is performed and why blood products are needed.

• OneBlood

  https://www.oneblood.org/
  Information on the basics of blood donation, including donor eligibility, where to donate, and how to prepare for giving blood.

• Sanquin Blood Supply Foundation

  http://www.sanquin.nl/
  Responsible for blood supply and transfusion services in the Netherlands. Provides information on blood supply in health care, blood donation, blood fractionation and the supply of products. In Dutch and English.

• UCLA Blood and Platelet Center

  http://gotblood.ucla.edu/
  Provides information for blood donors including self-screening, promotions, apheresis donations and making appointments.

• UK Blood Transfusion and Tissue Transplantation Services: Professional Guidelines

  http://transfusionguidelines.org.uk/
  Includes information on selecting donors, on preparing, testing and storing blood and tissue products and on the clinical use of blood.

• Wikipedia: Blood Donation

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_donation
  Encyclopedia article on the different types of donation, screening, the donation process, blood storage, benefits and incentives.

 

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