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Accreditation by AABB meets the requirements of the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) for blood bank, transfusion service, and immunohematology reference laboratory operations. [2] AABB hosts an annual meeting every fall for the dissemination of research and information for the blood and biotherapies field.
Blood bank in France. A blood bank is a center where blood gathered as a result of blood donation is stored and preserved for later use in blood transfusion.The term "blood bank" typically refers to a department of a hospital usually within a clinical pathology laboratory where the storage of blood product occurs and where pre-transfusion and blood compatibility testing is performed.
Blood compatibility testing is routinely performed before a blood transfusion.The full compatibility testing process involves ABO and RhD (Rh factor) typing; screening for antibodies against other blood group systems; and crossmatching, which involves testing the recipient's blood plasma against the donor's red blood cells as a final check for incompatibility.
The blood bank is a member of America's Blood Centers, the Minnesota Hospital Association (MHA), American Association of Blood Banks , and Blood Centers of America. It is not affiliated with the American Red Cross. IBR was formed in 2010 as a merger of Memorial Blood Centers and Nebraska Community Blood Bank to mitigate the increasing costs of ...
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In 1628, English physician William Harvey discovered that blood circulates around the body. Soon thereafter, the first blood transfusion was attempted. In 1665 another English doctor Richard Lower successfully used blood transfusion between dogs to keep them alive. [1] Karl Landsteiner is recognized as the father of transfusion medicine.
Oct. 5—Oct. 5, 1948, in The Star: In a simple ceremony early yesterday afternoon, Anniston Memorial Hospital formally took possession of the blood bank device now on display in the hospital lobby.
The International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT) working group on automation and data processing began in the early 1990s and was later joined by the AABB, the American Red Cross (ARC), the US Department of Defence, [1] and the Health Industry Manufacturers Association in the development of the symbology which would come to be known as the ISBT 128 international standard.