Historical Overview of Blood Banking Flashcards
Sodium Phosphate as a non-toxic anticoagulant
Braxton Hicks
ABO Blood Group (1901)
Karl Landsteiner
Vein-to-vein transfusion which used multiple syringes and a special cannula for puncturing
Edward E. Lindemann
Syringe-valve apparatus which made donor-to-patient transfusion without physician assistance possible
Unger
Determined the minimum amount of citrate needed for anticoagulation and its nontoxicity in small amounts
Lewisohn
Sodium citrate as an anticoagulant
Hustin
Citrate-dextrose solution
Rous and Turner
It stimulated blood preservation research because the demand for blood and plasma increased
World War II
Establishment of a widespread of blood banks and the director of the first American Red Cross blood bank at Presbyterian Hospital
Dr. Charles Drew
His pilot program became the model for the national volunteer blood donor program of the american red cross
Dr. Charles Drew
Formula for the preservative acid-citrate-dextrose (ACD)
Loutit and Mollison of England
Amount of whole blood in a unit
450mL +- 10% of blood (1 pint)
Made Citrate-phosphate-dextrose(CPD) which is less acidic and replaced ACD as the standard preservative for blood storage
Gibson
Minimum hematocrit for donors
38%
Total blood volume of most adults
10-12 pints
