What is a Blood Transfusion?

With a blood transfusion, blood from donors is added to your own blood supply. A blood transfusion may also be done to increase various components of your blood with donated blood products. Not often, but in some cases, you can plan ahead of time for certain types of surgeries to donate your own blood to be used after the surgery in a blood transfusion.

During a normal blood transfusion, specific parts of blood are administered via an intravenous (IV) that is placed in a vein in your arm. A typical blood transfusion procedure usually takes no longer than two hours.

A blood transfusion is needed because blood levels are low — either because blood has been lost during surgery, disease or traumatic injury or because your body isn't producing enough on its own.

Recent Blood Transfusion News


Times of India

Five test positive for HIV after blood transfusion at Assam hospital
Times of India
The CM acknowledged that the hospital staff's negligence had infected the five with the deadly virus after the transfusion of blood from an HIV-positive donor. "This is a criminal negligence. Departmental action like suspending the guilty government ...
4 test HIV positive after blood transfusion in AssamHindustan Times
Four infected with HIV after blood transfusion in hospitalThe Hindu
4 test HIV+ after blood transfusion in AssamIndian Express
Oneindia -India.Com Health -Firstpost
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Wrong blood transfusion govt's mistake: Tarun Gogoi
Times of India
GUWAHATI: Chief minister TarunGogoi on Saturday admitted that it was due to the negligence of the staff of Mangaldai Civil Hospital that five people were infected with HIV following a wrong transfusion of blood from an HIV+ donor in Assam'sDarrang ...


New Vision

A draft national policy on blood transfusion and protocols for blood ...
Government of Jamaica, Jamaica Information Service
The Minister said he was heartened that the team at the National Blood Transfusion Service has as part of its mission, the attainment of the World Health Organization (WHO) goal of 100 per cent voluntary unpaid donation by 2020, moving from the present ...
Re-build society with safe blood transfusion: AK WaliaNewstrack India
Hospitals warned on selling of bloodPublish Date: Jun 16, 2013New Vision
WHO: More voluntary blood donors neededThe Jet Newspaper
The News International -The Nation
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Jagran Post

Assam chief Tarun Gogoi calls for probe in HIV infected blood transfusion case
Newstrack India
Guwahati, June 15 (ANI): Chief Minister of Assam Tarun Gogoi on Saturday said that he has ordered a thorough probe into the allegations leveled against a government-run blood bank. This blood bank has been accused of spreading the deadly HIV virus ...
Gogoi: Probe AIDS-infected blood transfusionJagran Post
Tarun Gogoi demeans dissidents with cracking jokesAssam Times

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The Hindu

Criminal case against transfusion of HIV-infected blood: Gogoi
The Hindu
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has directed that a criminal case be registered on the incident of transfusion of HIV-infected blood to four patients at Darrang Civil Hospital. A high level medical team from the Gauhati Medical College Hospital along ...


spyghana.com

Only 10 percent of blood supply is from Voluntary Donors-Minister
spyghana.com
He called on health workers and institutions to cooperate with the National Blood Transfusion Services (NBTS) to achieve zero transmission of HIV and other blood borne infections. Dr Oluwatoyin Smith, the Co-ordinator of NBTS, dismissed the impression ...
Hundreds donate blood in Cambodia to mark World Blood Donor DayXinhua
'Every blood donation is a gift of life'Jamaica Gleaner
Getting more to donate bloodNew Straits Times
Zee News -Ceylon Daily News -The News International
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Blood transfusions dip at Stanford, scientist says
HealthCanal.com
BY RUTHANN RICHTER - After steadily increasing over two decades, blood collections and transfusions nationwide are on the decline, with Stanford University Medical Center among a number of institutions that have taken steps to effectively reduce the ...
Some hospitals turning to transfusions less oftennwitimes.com

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Government of Jamaica, Jamaica Information Service

Gambia Celebrates World Blood Donor Day. Give the Gift of Life - Donate Blood
AllAfrica.com
The day which also thanks millions of blood-donor world-wide is aimed primarily to ensure the easy availability of safe-blood for transfusion world-wide. Following its inception in 2004, the World Blood Donor Day initiative has been aided by the WHO ...
Adequate supply of safe blood a challenge - SeakgosingMmegi Online
NBTS Gets Bus to Boost Blood CollectionGovernment of Jamaica, Jamaica Information Service
'More Voluntary Blood Donors Are Needed'Leadership Newspapers
Bernews -Sudan Vision -Tengrinews
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Edinburgh Donor Centre worker receives vital blood transfusion
STV Local
Nestled within a lab at the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service's (SNBTS) Edinburgh Donor Centre, the biomedical support worker spends her day methodically separating pints of blood given by Scotland's donors. They are separated into three ...


Researchers revisit blood transfusion practices
Healio
Wide variation in blood transfusion practices persist despite the emergence of new scientific evidence, the development of clinical practice guidelines and efforts to improve blood use and clinical patient outcomes, according to a report published in ...
Minimizing Transfusions to Reduce Cost, Improve OutcomesMedscape

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