There are two predominant organizations in Western North Carolina where people can donate blood. The Western North Carolina Chapter of the American Red Cross and The Blood Connection both have ...

A bundle of protocols including patient education, skin prep, and glove changes reduced infections at a large US surgical ...

Earlier this week the American Red Cross made a plea for people to help build back up blood supplies in the U.S. “to help offset the severe impact of recent ...

Platelets are tiny cell fragments in your blood that help form clots and stop bleeding. Nearly 50% of donated platelets go to cancer patients. With a shelf life of only five days, hospitals rely on a ...

Poster to be presented at Tandem Meeting of the American Society of Transplantation and Cellular Therapy (ASTCT) and the Center for International ...

Heavy snowfall in North Carolina blocked road deliveries of critical blood platelets, leaving ECU Health in Greenville facing an urgent supply shortage.

The U.S. Blood Donation Statistics and Public Messaging Guide is designed to support consistent, accurate communication across media coverage, policy discussions, advocacy efforts, and public ...

After dozens of blood and platelet transfusions, six-year-old Greenleigh Gafford is in remission from leukemia. As blood ...

Platelet transfusion in neonates and children varies widely, with donor and processing factors linked to lower platelet increments and higher transfusion burden but not to mortality or length of stay.

An emergency blood transfusion saved Clarksville resident Karissa Perry's life after childbirth complications. Donated blood was critical.

Winter storms and seasonal illnesses have caused a critical need for blood donations, which hospitals rely on to treat their patients.

Each year in the U.S., more than 4.5 million lives are saved by blood transfusions, and about 1 in 5 people admitted to the ...