Blood Grouping, Blood Banking and Blood Transfusion

Collection of BloodBlood collection, adequate in amount to cover the needs in all blood groups, is the major problem of all blood banks, large or small. This problem has three main aspects: those of the hospital, the community and the nation at large.The problem of the hospital is one that existed long before the advent of banks, when the collection of blood was on an individual basis. Banks have eased the problem by creating an excess of donors for one patient whose blood could be used to care for the needs of others. Such a system, theoretically, should . . .