IP 2026 introduces blood component quality standards in transfusion medicine for the first time: Shardul Nautiyal, Mumbai Monday, January 5, 2026, 08:00 Hrs [IST] The Indian Pharm ...

The state of Kolkata is phasing out whole blood transfusion to promote safe and rational use of blood. Hospitals without the facility to separate blood components are being tagged with those that have ...

India has significantly enhanced patient safety by implementing uniform pharmacopoeial standards for blood components used in ...

Transfusion Alter Transfusion Med. 2008;10(3):92-101. The initial storage temperature of whole blood determines which components can be produced from it (Figure 1). Because platelet function rapidly ...

A clinical trial in Finland will seek to determine whether emergency services can safely use whole blood for transfusions before patients reach the hospital. Other trials held in the United Kingdom ...

A key diagnostic step in disease detection is analyzing blood components. Accurate separation of blood cells from plasma, which holds proteins and other constituents, is crucial in many assays. First ...

In a directive issued on December 26, the SBTC warned that blood banks found diverting surplus blood components to other ...

Every day and night, across the United States, thousands of people face medical emergencies that require one powerful, ...

The entire process of donating blood will often take about 1 hour 15 minutes, depending on which blood product a person donates. The actual drawing of whole blood takes about 10 minutes. In this ...