Blood Transfusion

University of California details research in blood transfusion

Published in Blood Weekly, May 20th, 2010

New research, 'Does donating blood for the first time during a national emergency create a better commitment to donating again,' is the subject of a report. "Emergency situations often elicit a generous response from the public. This occurred after attacks on the US on September 11, 2001 when many new blood donors lined up to donate," investigators in the United States report.

"This study was performed to compare return rates for first time donors (FTD) after September 11th, 2001 to FTD during a comparable period in 2000. A total of 3315 allogeneic whole blood donations from FTD at a regional blood centre were collected between September 11th and 30th, 2001. Subsequent...

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Source: Blood Weekly (2010-05-20)

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