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A '''blood transfusion''' is the process by which a healthy person's blood is donated and infused into a patient who has lost blood through repeated, unnecessary [[Phlebotomy|blood draws]].
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A '''blood transfusion''' is the process by which a healthy person's blood is donated and infused into a patient who has lost blood through repeated, unnecessary [[Phlebotomy|blood draws]].<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2014/12/blood-bank/ 1 in 4 Americans Have No Emergency Savings in Their Blood Banks]</ref><ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2015/07/blood-products/ Blood Bank to Require More Paperwork, First-Born Child to Release Blood Products]</ref><ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2013/10/patient-bleeds-death-blood-bank-paperwork-completed-without-errors/ Patient Bleeds to Death, Blood Bank Paperwork Completed Without Errors]</ref>
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Revision as of 17:31, 2 October 2016

US Navy 060505-N-2832L-050 Hospital Corpsman Megan Beach, checks the flow of blood through a cell saver, during training for an antilogous blood transfusion.jpg

A blood transfusion is the process by which a healthy person's blood is donated and infused into a patient who has lost blood through repeated, unnecessary blood draws.[1][2][3]


References


  1. 1 in 4 Americans Have No Emergency Savings in Their Blood Banks
  2. Blood Bank to Require More Paperwork, First-Born Child to Release Blood Products
  3. Patient Bleeds to Death, Blood Bank Paperwork Completed Without Errors


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