Blood type
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A blood type is a classification of blood based on the presence and absence of antibodies and inherited antigenic substances on the surface of red blood cells. These antigens may be proteins, carbohyd
A hospital worker takes samples of blood from a donor for testing
Blood donation
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A blood donation occurs when a person voluntarily has blood drawn and used for transfusions and/or made into blood products and biopharmaceutical medications by a process called fractionation. A donat
Blood donation center at the University Hospital of Basel, Switzerland. From left to right: Two cell separators for apheresis, secluded office for pre-donation blood pressure measurement and blood count, and on the right, chairs for whole blood donations.
A patient donating blood at a Blood Bank in Córdoba, Argentina
A blood collection bus (bloodmobile) from Japanese Red Cross at Myōdani Station in Suma-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
A US Navy sailor donating blood