Institute of Medicine

Forum on Blood Safety and Blood Availability

This volume explores the safety and availability of the nation's supply of blood and blood components. It discusses the risks of disease transmission, methods of guarding the blood supply, new ideas on safety and monitoring, risk tolerance, risk communication, and no-fault insurance.

Safety and Risk

Blood and Blood Products

Blood Donors and the Supply of Blood and Blood Products

This volume discusses the current state of the nation's blood supply--including studies of blood availability, ways of enhancing blood collection and distribution, frozen red cell technology, logistical concerns in prepositioning frozen blood, extended liquid storage of red cells, and blood substitutes.

Forum on Blood Safety and Blood Availability

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