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BLOOD :THE LIVING FLUID

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A BRIEF HISTORY OF BLOOD

PIONEERS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS

• Jean-Baptiste Denis He performed the first-ever

blood transfusion to a person.

• Bruce EvattHe identified AIDS as a blood-borne disease affecting persons with hemophilia and blood-transfusion recipients

• Edwin Cohn

He developed new techniques for fractionating blood plasma, for preserving red cells for transfusion, and for studying other constituents of blood.

• Robert Gallo Many credit him as the co-

discoverer of HIV• Richard Lewisohn A surgeon, he introduced the

modern technique of blood transfusion

• Reuben Ottenberg He wrote the first report of the

clinical use of compatibility testing of blood.

Superman of Science

DR. KARL LANDSTEINER

• The Father Of Transfusion Medicine

• After working hard for almost one year testing several blood samples, Karl Landsteiner announced in 1901 that there were three major human blood groups: A, B and C (which was later called O). One year later in 1902, Landsteiner’s three fellow scientists discovered a fourth blood type named AB.

• Superman of Science Makes Landmark Discovery - Over 1 Billion Lives Saved So Far!

FUN FACTS ABOUT BLOOD AND DONATION

James Harrison

•  James Harrison also known as the Man with the golden arm, is a blood plasma donor from Australia whose unusual plasma composition has been used to make a treatment for Rhesus  disease.

• It was discovered that his blood contained an unusually strong and persistent antibody called Rho

(D) Immune Globulin. Rho(D) IG is given to Rh(D) negative mothers of unknown or Rh(D) positive babies during and after pregnancy to prevent the creation of antibodies to the blood of a Rh(D) positive child. 

• The human body manufactures 17 million red blood cells per second. If stress precipitates a need the body can produce up to 7 times that amount. (That’s up to 119 million red blood cells per second.)

• The most common blood type in the United States is O Positive (39% of the population), while the least common blood type is AB negative with only (0.5% of the population).

FACTS ABOUT BLOOD DONATION

• There are four types of transfuseable products that can be derived from blood: red cells, platelets, plasma and cryoprecipitate. Typically, two or three of these are produced from a pint of donated whole blood – hence each donation can help save up to three lives

• Donors can give either whole blood or specific blood components only. The process of donating specific blood components – red cells, plasma or platelets – is called apheresis.

• Most donated red blood cells must be used within 42 days of collection.

• Donated platelets must be used within five days of collection – new donations are constantly needed.

• Plasma and cryoprecipitate are stored in frozen state and can be used for up to one year after collection.

• Only 7 percent of people in the U.S. have O-negative blood type. O-negative blood type donors are universal donors as their blood can be given to people of all blood types.

• Type O-negative blood is needed in emergencies before the patient's blood type is known and with newborns who need blood.

• Only 3 percent of people in the U.S. have AB-positive blood type. AB-positive type blood donors are universal donors of plasma, which is often used in emergencies, for newborns and for patients requiring massive transfusions

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