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Alliance for Community Transfusion Services (ACTS) is a strategic and operational alliance of independent blood centers that collect, process and distribute nearly 2 million blood products to patients in more than 750 hospitals and healthcare facilities throughout the United States.
Learn about the different types of blood donation, such as allogeneic, directed, autologous and replacement, and their uses and benefits. Also, find out the history of blood donation and the screening process for donors.
The Founder and Publisher is Gary Schwitzer, a health care journalist for more than four decades who is now an Adjunct Associate Professor in the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. The project's 10-point grading scale includes whether a story gives information about its sources and their competing interests, quantifies the ...
Vitalant is the nation’s largest independent, nonprofit blood services provider exclusively focused on providing blood and comprehensive transfusion medicine services. It was founded in 1943 and operates across the U.S. under various names, such as Blood Systems, Lifeblood, and United Blood Services.
A peer-reviewed journal that publishes review articles about public health topics, such as epidemiology, biostatistics, and health policy. It is open access, has a high impact factor, and is edited by Jonathan E. Fielding since 1997.
NHS Blood and Transplant is a special health authority that provides blood, organs and tissues to the NHS in England and Wales. It was formed in 2005 by merging UK Transplant and National Blood Service, and has various roles and responsibilities in donation, transplantation and research.
The Cass Review, led by Hilary Cass, was commissioned by NHS England and NHS Improvement in 2020 and published its final report in April 2024. It reviewed the evidence and practice of gender identity services for children and young people in England and made several recommendations, including a ban on puberty blockers for under 18s.
ISBT is a scientific society founded in 1935 that promotes the study and standardisation of blood transfusion medicine and science. It has around 1500 members in 103 countries and collaborates with WHO and other organisations.