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Blood banks
Blood banks are facilities that store and manage donated blood.
Dr. Jeff Livingston reviewed this
24 year experience in Obstetrics and Gynecology
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A 25-year old male asked:
How blood banks work.?
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A 47-year old asked:
What do blood banks actually do?
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A 31-year old asked:
Do blood banks share information with one another?
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A 41-year old asked:
How long can human blood be stored a blood bank?
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A 30-year old asked:
What rules do blood banks follow to lower the risk of aids?
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A 39-year old asked:
Why wouldn't someone use a blood bank to store their blood in case they need it in the future?
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A 31-year old asked:
Can i bank my own blood? Is there a way my wife and i can keep our own blood in a blood bank in case we ever need it? How long can it be stored?
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A 43-year old asked:
Why do all blood banks seem to need o negative blood?
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A 40-year old asked:
Do all blood banks notify donors if their blood tests positive for a disease?
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A 32-year old female asked:
I have read somewhere that cancer cannot be transferred through blood then why do blood banks not take donations from people who have cancer and reject them on the basis that they have cancer ?
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A 31-year old female asked:
What private cord blood banks do you recommend?
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A 36-year old asked:
What measures do blood banks take for the prevention of aids?
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A 43-year old asked:
Is it safe for a type 2 diabetic to give blood at a blood bank?
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A 33-year old female asked:
Is it ethical/legal for blood banks to cite fictional patient cases in an attempt to get donations? ie, "A dialysis patient needs your blood type..."
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A 32-year old male asked:
I had oral sex with women. I receive it. After 9 days i went to blood bank then after result came negative i think they use naat or pct and asked them to destroy blood bag, then took combo test at 26 days. Is it conclusive for hiv or need re-test ?
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A 27-year old female asked about a 27-year old female:
Do the blood banks do mandatory HIV and aids test?
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A 44-year old male asked:
The hospital blood bank now will only transfuse o- or o+ for preemies. They will not use the matched blood. Why?
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A 32-year old male asked:
I had fellatio (oral sex) with women unknown status. After 9 days i go to blood bank and take sample they screen it i think with pcr/naat but I'm not sure then after 2 days i go to ask tgem. They aswer me " your test is negative " is it conclusive?
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A 42-year old asked:
What is the difference between a public and a private umbilical cord blood bank?
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A 32-year old male asked:
I had fellatio with women then after 9 days i went to blood bank and donate with my blood after 2 days i went to them and they say you are good. About HIV risk what is the accuracy of blood bank screening after 9 days and should i do combo test ?
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A 36-year old asked:
Could you with essential thrombocythemia (i.E. Too many platelets) donate platelets to a blood bank?
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A 43-year old asked:
Could someone with essential thrombocythemia (i.E. Too many platelets) donate platelets to a blood bank?
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A 41-year old asked:
Blood bank won't accept my mother's blood b/c it won't go through the white blood count filtering process. Any explanations?
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A 33-year old female asked:
Blood bank won't accept my mother's blood b/c it won't go thru the white blood count filter process. Any explanations? Could't find anything on google
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A 19-year old female asked:
Donated blood to the blood bank yesterday for the 1st time.it has been more than 24 hrs but i feel slight pain in that region of hand .help!hb-14 girl
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A 32-year old male asked:
I had fellatio with women then after 9 days i went to blood bank and donate with my blood after 2 days i went to them and they say you are good. About HIV risk 1-are they use pcr or nat in blood bank ? 2-is it conclusive at 9 days or need repeat ?
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A 31-year old male asked:
Why is HIV PCR used to test blood at blood banks, babies and acute HIV symps but not as a diagnosis? Other than cost and false positive what could be the reason that some docs don't trust it? Thanks
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A 45-year old asked:
Do I need to bank blood before having surgery?
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A 31-year old asked:
How long is banked blood cells going to last after you get the transfusion?
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A 22-year old male asked:
Friend tell me that he give every 6 month a quantity of his blood to the bld bank in hospital to feel relaxed & less dizzy what we call this condition?
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