1932 The first blood bank is established in a Leningrad hospital. 1937 Bernard Fantus, director of therapeutics at the Cook County Hospital in Chicago, establishes the first hospital blood bank in the United States.
The problem of getting blood to patients who need it took a step towards being solved on this day in 1937, when a doctor at the Cook County Hospital in Chicago opened the first-ever “blood bank.â€
Age and weight- The donor must be 18–65 years old and should weigh a minimum of 50 kg. Pulse rate- Between 50 and 100 without irregularities.
Type O positive blood is given to patients more than any other blood type, which is why it's considered the most needed blood type.
This blood type is distinct from Rh negative since it has none of the Rh antigens at all. There are less than 50 people who have this blood type. It is sometimes called “golden blood.†In the U.S., the blood type AB, Rh negative is considered the rarest, while O positive is most common.
1914: First Non-Direct TransfusionResearchers discover that adding sodium citrate to blood will prevent it from clotting. Adding anticoagulant and refrigerating the blood made it possible to store it for days, opening the way for blood banking.
The earliest known blood transfusions occurred in 1665, and the first human blood transfusion was performed by Dr. Philip Syng Physick in 1795. The first transfusion of human blood for the treatment of hemorrhage was performed by Dr. James Blundell in London in 1818.
Maharashtra (308) had the highest number of blood banks followed by Tamil Nadu (265), Uttar Pradesh (248), Karnataka (185), Kerala (166), Telangana (153), Gujarat (134), Madhya Pradesh (133), Andhra Pradesh (125), West Bengal (115) and Rajasthan (102).
A blood donation occurs when a person voluntarily has blood drawn and used for transfusions and/or made into biopharmaceutical medications by a process called fractionation (separation of whole blood components). Donation may be of whole blood, or of specific components directly (apheresis).
Charles Drew was an African-American physician renowned for his work in blood plasma preservation. Drew's research into the storage, processing, and shipment of blood plasma saved the lives of hundreds of Britons during World War II and it continues to save lives today.
