Blood donation

activity in which a person or other mammal voluntarily has blood drawn to be tranfused

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cache or bank of blood components, stored for later use, e.g. in blood transfusion or they reserve blood for later and emergency use e.g. delivery of baby

Australian blood plasma donor (1936–2025)

policy on blood donation

Nepalese social worker (1931–2012)

Plateletpheresis (more accurately called thrombocytapheresis or thrombapheresis, though these names are rarely used) is the process of collecting thrombocytes, more commonly called platelets, a component of blood involved in blood clotting. The term specifically refers to the method of collecting the platelets, which is performed by a device used in blood donation that separates the platelets and returns other portions of the blood to the donor. Platelet transfusion can be a life-saving procedure in preventing or treating serious complications from bleeding and hemorrhage in patients who have

German surgeon (1875-1961)

American scientific award (1954-)