Blood Banks are getting safer

THE RED CROSS REPORTS BLOOD BANKS ARE SAFER THAN EVER As spokesperson for the American Red Cross, I would like to address the public’s rapidly growing concern over our nation’s blood supply. The population of our country must abate their fears regarding contamination of our blood supply from the AIDS virus and hepatitis. Since the early nineteenth century the United States has used intravenous administration from a donor to a recipient for blood …

…promoting autologous blood donation. The cause of our nation’s alarm and even dread of the need for a blood transfusion must be laid to rest completely by the beginning of the twenty-first century. Through the Red Cross educational and informational programs we will do this, as well as keep our promise for the highest regard for individuals health rights through continued quality safeguards and future technological advances to protect our nation’s blood supply.