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American Red Cross (ARC), specifically the biomedical services division. The ARC provides about 35% of transfused blood in the US. [1]America's Blood Centers (ABC), North America's largest network of non-profit community blood centers. [2]
In February of 2002, the New York Times reported that the Red Cross had "distributed about $200 million to more than 30,000 displaced workers" as of the date of publication. [ 4 ] In addition to financial donations, the American Red Cross collected nearly 1.2 million units of blood between Sept. 11 and Oct. 30, according to a New York Times ...
The American Red Cross website specifies that this 12-month deferral does also apply to transgender men who have sex with men, but does not apply to transgender women who have sex with men. [214] The COVID-19 pandemic, a drop in blood donations prompted changing the 1-year deferral to 3 months after the most recent sexual contact for MSM. [8] [215]
Mar. 27—The American Red Cross set several blood donation opportunities to help meet the demand for blood and platelets. Area opportunities include: 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Thursday, March 28: Bath High ...
The Red Cross believed that if a blood drive was being held at a gay community center, the public would believe donations were being taken from gay men. [3] This decision was endorsed by the greater Los Angeles-Orange County region chapter head who claimed that the scheduling of the blood drive was a mistake made by an "inexperienced" employee.
The worldwide structure of Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies and the International Committee of the Red Cross make this service possible. When new information from former Soviet Union archives became available in the 1990s, a special unit was created to handle World War II and Holocaust tracing services.
For example, the American Red Cross requires a donor to be 110 pounds (50 kg) or more for whole blood and platelet donation and at least 130 pounds (59 kg) (males) and at least 150 pounds (68 kg) (females) for power red donations (double red erythrocytapheresis). [37]
The United States does not have a centralized blood donation service. The American Red Cross collects approximately 35% of the blood used, while the rest is collected by independent nonprofit blood centers, most of which are members of America's Blood Centers. The US military collects blood from service members for its own use, but also draws ...