![]() ![]() These are rare blood types and less than 10 percent of the population have this blood type. This blood is the second most frequently occurring blood type. O- is found in six percent of the population. O+ is the most frequently occurring blood type and is found in 37 percent of the population. Type O blood is required and must be available in inventory for newborn babies and emergency patients. On October 1st ‘National Blood Donation Day’ celebrates in India.Patients with any blood type can receive O negative blood. On his birthday i.e June 14th "World Blood Donors Day" celebrates. In 1901, Karl Landsteiner, an Austrian physician, discovers the first three human blood groups. There are four main blood types: A, B, AB and O. AB-type blood donors are universal donors of plasma, which is often used in emergencies, for newborns and for patients requiring massive transfusions. 0.4 percent of people have AB-blood type.Thirty-five percent of people have Type O (positive or negative) blood.Type O-negative blood is needed in emergencies before the patient's blood type is known and with newborns who need blood.Only 7 percent of people in India have O-negative blood type. O-negative blood type donors are universal donors as their blood can be given to people of all blood types.If you began donating blood at age 18 and donated every 90 days until you reached 60, you would have donated 30 gallons of blood, potentially helping save more than 500 lives!.One donation can help save the lives of up to three people.Two most common reasons cited by people who don't give blood are: "Never thought about it" and "I don't like needles.".The number one reason donors say they give blood is because they "want to help others.".The body will replenish the elements given during a blood donation – some in a matter of hours and others in a matter of weeks. Healthy bone marrow makes a constant supply of red cells, plasma and platelets.Donated platelets must be used within five days of collection.One transfusion dose of platelets can be obtained through one apheresis donation of platelets or by combining the platelets derived from five whole blood donations.The process of donating specific blood components – red cells, plasma or platelets – is called apheresis. Donors can give either whole blood or specific blood components only.Typically, two or three of these are produced from a unit of donated whole blood – hence each donation can help save up to three lives. There are four types of transfusable products that can be derived from blood: red cells, platelets, plasma and cryoprecipitate.Blood makes up about 7 percent of your body's weight.All donated blood is tested for HIV, hepatitis B and C, syphilis and other infectious diseases before it can be transfused to patients.A healthy donor may donate platelets as few as 7 days apart, but a maximum of 24 times a year.A healthy donor may donate red blood cells every 56 days, or double red cells every 112 days.Roughly 1 unit is given during a donation. The average adult has about 10 units of blood in his body.The entire process, from the time you arrive to the time you leave, takes about an hour and 15 min. The actual blood donation typically takes less than 10-12 minutes.Every blood donor is given a mini-physical, checking the donor's temperature, blood pressure, pulse and hemoglobin to ensure it is safe for the donor to give blood.Blood donation is a simple four-step process: registration, medical history and mini-physical, donation and refreshments.A sterile needle is used only once for each donor and then discarded. AB plasma is also usually in short supply. Type AB-positive plasma can be transfused to patients of all other blood types. ![]() It is always in great demand and often in short supply. Type O-negative blood (red cells) can be transfused to patients of all blood types.Blood cannot be manufactured – it can only come from generous donors.A single car accident victim can require as many as 100 units of blood.Many of them will need blood, sometimes daily, during their chemotherapy treatment. More than 1 million new people are diagnosed with cancer each year.Sickle cell patients can require frequent blood transfusions throughout their lives.The blood type most often requested by hospitals is Type O.The average red blood cell transfusion is approximately 3 pints.A total of 30 million blood components are transfused each year.More than 38,000 blood donations are needed every day.Units of blood, out of which only a meager 2.5 Crore units of blood are available. Every year our nation requires about 5 Crore. ![]()
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