Blood Transfusions

By Sabree I 18

  • A Method of bloood transfuions was invented

    A person named Jean Baptiste Denys invented a method of blood transfusion. He transfused sheep blood into a 15 year old boy.

  • James Blundell

    James Blundell performs the first sucsessful human-to-human blood transfusion.

  • 1901

    Karl Landsteiner discovers the first three blood groups.

  • 1907

    Ludvig Hektoen suggests that it might be more effective and safe if we matched blood groups to each other for transfusions.

  • 1914

    Blood can be preserved longer.

  • 1944

    Dried plasma becomes a vital element in the treatment of wounded soldiers during World War II.

  • 1948

    The Red Cross begins the first nationwide blood program for people by opening its first blood collection center in Rochester, New York.

  • 1961

    Platelet concentrates are recognized for reducing the death from hemorrhage in cancer patients.

  • 1970

    Blood banks move toward an all-volunteer blood donor system.

  • 1983 .

    Additive solutions extend shelf life of red blood cells to 42 days.

  • 1983

    The U.S. blood banking groups issue their first warning about Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).

  • 1985

    mmediately after the FDA licenses the first test to detect the antibody to HIV on March 3rd, Red Cross Blood Services regions begin testing all newly donated blood.

  • 1992

    First National Testing Laboratory, applying standardized tests to ensure safety of Red Cross blood products, opens in Dedham, Mass. Today, the Red Cross performs a dozen tests on each of more than 6 million blood donations a year in five state-of-the-art standardized national testing laboratories (NTLs).

  • 2002

    Nucleic acid amplification test (NAT) for HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) licensed by the Food and Drug Administration.