History of Blood Banking

Question 1

blood and other bodily fluid were considered to be “humors,” the proper balance of which maintained health

Answer 1

Bloodletting

Question 2

Bloodletting was medically questioned in ________

Answer 2

the late 1800s

Question 3

First Historical Transfusion Attempt

Answer 3

1492

Question 4

First Recorded Human Transfusion

Answer 4

1667

Question 5

First Recorded Human-to-Human Transfusion

Answer 5

1818

Question 6

British obstetrician and physiologist _________ performs the first recorded human-to-human blood transfusion

Answer 6

James Blundell

Question 7

Three Main Blood Groups Discovered

Answer 7

1901

Question 8

Fourth Blood Group Discovered

Answer 8

1902

Question 9

First Use of Cross Matching

Answer 9

1907

Question 10

PSDR stands for __________

Answer 10

Patient’s Serum vs. Donor’s RBC

Question 11

PSDR is __________

Answer 11

Major/Direct

Question 12

PRDS stands for __________

Answer 12

Patient’s RBC vs Donor’s Serum

Question 13

PRDS is __________

Answer 13

Minor/Indirect

Question 14

First Non-Direct Transfusion

Answer 14

1914

Question 15

First Blood Depot

Answer 15

1917

Question 16

Blood Donor Service Established in London

Answer 16

1922

Question 17

First Network of Blood Facilities

Answer 17

1930

Question 18

The _________ are the first to establish a network of facilities to collect and store blood for use in transfusions at hospitals.

Answer 18

Soviets

Question 19

First In-Hospital Blood Facilities

Answer 19

1935

Question 20

_____________ is the first to begin storing citrated blood and utilizing it for transfusions within a hospital setting in the U.S.

Answer 20

Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN

Question 21

Barcelona Blood-Transfusion Service

Answer 21

1936

Question 22

_____________ collects blood, tests it, pools it by blood group, preserves and stores it in bottles under refrigeration, and by way of vehicles fitted with refrigerators, transports it to front line hospitals during the Spanish Civil War.

Answer 22

Barcelona Blood-Transfusion Service

Question 23

(a) He coined the term “blood bank”

(b) What year?

Answer 23

• Dr. Bernard Fantus

- 1937

Question 24

Discovery of Rh Blood Group

Answer 24

1939-1940

Question 25

U.S. Sends Blood Plasma to Great Britain

Answer 25

1940

Question 26

Red Cross Organizes Blood Plasma War Effort

Answer 26

1941

Question 27

First description of transfusion-transmitted hepatitis

Answer 27

1943

Question 28

Community blood banks join together to form a national network of blood banks called the (a) ___________ in (b) ______

Answer 28

• American Association of Blood Banks

- 1947

Question 29

Development of Plastic Bag

Answer 29

1948

Question 30

America’s Blood Centers Founded

Answer 30

1962

Question 31

Community Blood Center Established

Answer 31

1964

Question 32

• CBC moved to current Dayton headquarters

- FDA Regulation

Answer 32

1971

Question 33

Found to have much greater clotting power than plasma and are given to hemophiliacs to stop bleeding episodes

Answer 33

Cryoprecipitates

Question 34

Cryoprecipitates Developed

Answer 34

1965

Question 35

Testing for Hepatitis B

Answer 35

1971

Question 36

First Case of AIDS

Answer 36

1981

Question 37

Blood-Borne Theory

Answer 37

1982

Question 38

AIDS Virus Isolated

Answer 38

1983

Question 39

AIDS Virus Identified

Answer 39

1984

Question 40

Virus that causes AIDS identified as ______________

Answer 40

HTLV III - human T-cell lymphotropic virus

Question 41

First AIDS Blood-Screening Test

Answer 41

1985

Question 42

NAT Testing

Answer 42

1999