Blood Transfusion and Donation

Anatomy/Physiology

1.	What Is Blood? America's Blood Centers, American Association of Blood Banks http://www.americasblood.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=display.showPage&pageID=1...

Children

1.	Truth about Transfusions Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/kid/feel_better/things/transfusions.html

Clinical Trials

1.	ClinicalTrials.gov: Blood Transfusion National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/intervention=blood+transfusion&recruiting=...

Dictionaries/Glossaries

1.	Glossary of Terms Related to Blood and Blood Banki American Red Cross http://www.yourbloodcenter.org/glossary.htm




2.	Plasma, Serum, Whole Blood: What Do These Terms Me Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00675

Directories

1.	Cord Blood Banks National Marrow Donor Program http://www.marrow.org/NMDP/cord_blood_bank_list.html




2.	Blood Bank Locator American Association of Blood Banks http://www.aabb.org/Locator/Locator.asp

Law and Policy

1.	Keeping Blood Transfusions Safe: FDA's Multi Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov/opacom/factsheets/justthefacts/15blood.html

Organizations

1.	America's Blood Centers http://www.americasblood.org/




2.	American Association of Blood Banks http://www.aabb.org/




3.	American Red Cross http://www.redcross.org/




4.	National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/

Overviews

1.	What to Expect When Donating Blood American Red Cross http://www.redcross.org/services/biomed/0,1082,0_553_,00.html




2.	JAMA Patient Page: Blood Donation American Medical Association http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZYOYJT20D&sub_...




3.	Blood Donation and Transfusion UpToDate http://patients.uptodate.com/topic.asp?file=blod_dis/2419




4.	All About Blood American Association of Blood Banks http://www.aabb.org/All_About_Blood/FAQs/aabb_faqs.htm

Prevention/Screening

1.	Blood Frequently Asked Questions: Person's Su Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov/cber/faq/bldfaq.htm




2.	Blood Donation Eligibility Guidelines American Red Cross http://www.redcross.org/services/biomed/0,1082,0_557_,00.html

Related Issues

1.	Leukocyte Reduction American Red Cross http://www.redcross.org/services/biomed/blood/supply/ulr/factsheet.html




2.	Blood Transfusions - Knowing Your Options America's Blood Centers http://www.americasblood.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=display.showPage&pageID=2...




3.	Donated Blood: Can It Transmit Genetic Diseases? Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00776




4.	Alternatives to Blood Transfusion American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/ETO/content/ETO_1_4X_Alternatives_To_Blood_Tr...




5.	Monkeypox Virus Infections and Blood and Plasma Do Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov/cber/infosheets/monkeypox.htm




6.	PBSC (Peripheral Blood Stem Cell) Donation Frequen National Marrow Donor Program http://www.marrow.org/DONOR/pbsc_faqs.html




7.	Possible Risks of Blood Product Transfusions American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/ETO/content/ETO_1_4x_Possible_Risks_of_Blood_...




8.	Receiving a Blood Transfusion: What Every Patient American Association of Blood Banks http://www.aabb.org/All_About_Blood/Receiving_Blood/receive.htm




9.	Universal Blood Donor Type: Is There Such a Thing? Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HQ00949




10.	West Nile Virus: Blood Transfusion, Organ Donation National Center for Infectious Diseases http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/westnile/qa/transfusion.htm




11.	Apheresis American Red Cross http://www.redcross.org/services/biomed/0,1082,0_554_,00.html

Research

1.	Nucleic Acid-Amplification Testing Further Safegua National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/aug2004/nhlbi-18.htm

Teenagers

1.	Blood Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_body/body_basics/blood.html




2.	Blood Transfusions Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_body/medical_care/transfusions.html