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Platelets collected by using apheresis at an American Red Cross donation center. Apheresis is a blood donation method where the blood is passed through an apparatus that separates out one particular constituent and returns the remainder to the donor. Usually the component returned is the red blood cells, the portion of the blood that takes the ...
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] Most of the independent blood centers on this list are ABC members, and these account for approximately 60 percent of the U.S. blood supply. [3]
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.
Jan. 30—LIMA — The American Red Cross declared an emergency blood shortage in January as the number of people donating blood through the Red Cross has reached a 20-year low. The organization ...
The American Red Cross held its 12th annual Day of Donations Blood Drive on Tuesday, Dec. 12.
The Red Cross is experiencing an emergency blood shortage as the nation has the lowest number of people giving blood in 20 years. Here's how to help.
Music Saves Lives is an American not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization [1] and is listed in the Internal Revenue Service publication 78. [2]Established in January 2006 by founder Russel Hornbeek in Seal Beach, California, Music Saves Lives has educated students and encouraged over 250,000 summer blood donations from youth under the age of 25.
The US Food and Drug Administration is considering a requirement for blood banks to use a new test that can detect the parasites that cause malaria in certain donors’ blood, and it’s seeking ...