Help people with Blood Donations

Sept. 28, 2010 - PRLog -- At times, a patient may request blood from a family member or friend; this is known as a directed donation. Although there is no scientific evidence to support the belief that a directed donation is a safer blood product, the American Red Cross will make every effort to provide directed donations to patients requesting them. As with all regular blood donations, directed donors must meet all donor eligibility criteria and must pass all infectious disease testing. Both whole blood donations and apheresis donations can be directed to a specific patient.

Prompted by their physician's suggestion, some patients may prefer to donate their own blood for an upcoming surgery. This is called autologous donation and is medically the safest blood for a patient.  Many people will benefit from blood donations throughout the world.

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