Blood donation is a very essential procedure in the health system. The process entails collecting blood from willing donors, testing it and then separating it into its components so that it can be used on patients. Whereas hospitals are the main users of the donated blood, they are not exactly authorised to collect, test and separate it in their own premises. Most of the health institutions get the blood from larger bodies such as the Red Cross or other Community based blood groups. Though initially faced with lots of problems, blood transfusion has been used since 1667 as a solution to some of human illnesses. Since then to now, hospitals have grown so dependent on blood donation and transfusion to save human life. With it being used and applied …show more content…
In view of the rising costs of blood, the hospital tried to have sensible discussions with Red Cross and their answer was quite simple and disappointing and that was, for the hospital to get other blood suppliers if it simply didn’t like their prices. Carolinas Healthcare System was not the first to get such a blatant answer and neither was it to be the last. The hospital understood that though the Red Cross had their headquarters in Charlotte, and a national blood testing lab, decisions were not made from within but from St Louis. Based on this, they would not be expecting any considerable action as St. Lois never showed any interest in solving Carolina’s …show more content…
Through this test, an independent blood centre in Charlotte was seen as a best fit given that the population was large enough to supply the centre with enough blood. Thus, the Community Blood Centre of the Carolinas was founded in 2002. Working under the license of another centre, CBCC had three major goals: meet all the needs of blood donors, meet all the needs of patients and meet all the needs of the health service providers in its region of operation. To ensure this, CBCC initiated a procedure in its operations that ensured that the problem of blood availability was catered for. The centre only collected the blood from donors, broke down the blood into its components, tested it and returned it to the community that donated
2. People should give blood because it is easy and though there might be a little pain involved it is worth it because it saves so many lives and you get great snacks.
It was during this time that doctors and nurses, through experience also demonstrated that blood could be stored and then safely transferred from patient to patient saving countless soldiers’ lives.
Psychographics: Just about anybody could be interested in in donating blood or joining the club. Giving blood can potentially save someone’s life, which may grab many peoples attention.
Charles Richard Drew was an African-American male born on June 3, 1904 in Washington D.C. He was very well-educated and intelligent, and he received his Doctor of Medical Science Degree in 1940 from Columbia University. During his residency at Columbia University’s Presbyterian Hospital, he became very interested in blood transfusions. Drew soon realized that the technology of blood transfusions was vastly limited; blood could only be stored for two days. He was determined to solve this dilemma because of the many lives it would save. Led by his motivation, Drew noticed that if the plasma was separated from the blood and the two were refrigerated separately, they could be combined up to a week later for a blood transfusion. He convinced Columbia University to start a blood bank and eventually established blood banks throughout Europe and the Pacific. Ironically, Drew died in 1950 after he had been severely injured in a car incident and wasn’t able to receive medical attention because of his race. According to an article entitled “Charles Drew,” “By the time he arrived at the more distant hospital for blacks he had lost so much blood that a transfusion was of no avail.” It was disputed whether or not Drew would have survived if given a blood transfusion immediately, and the story of his death angered many.
Market Analysis The combination of lengthy approval process of the FDA, intellectual property laws, and R&D capital requirements, poses a high entry barrier in the blood substitute markets. The human market is expected to experience moderate future growth affected by an increase in population, and in particular the proportion of older citizens. Also, the human market suffers from uneven seasonal variations in blood supply and demand. There is higher demand in summer and winter holiday seasons and this demand is exacerbated by lower donations. Although the total potential size of the human market in the US is 13.5 million units (Exhibit 1), Hemopure's long shelf life and lack of need for refrigeration makes it particularly suitable for trauma cases estimated at 2 million units.
Carolinas Healthcare system was studying the laboratory service line for its health care general and hospitals because its wanted more blood to low cost to serve its community. Charlotte is headquarters for blood services region for the red Cross and other eight national blood testing labs. Carolinas healthcare System had to discuss about increasing cost for blood, but its didn’t pay attention to Carolinas Healthcare problem because it’s had problem itself. Carolinas healthcare system decided to create Community Blood Center of Carolina (CBCC), which is partnership with ten local hospitals focused on local control of blood supply. This case had both competitive and internal strengths and weaknesses assessments. American Red cross was very
The Mayo Clinic defines a blood transfusion as “a routine medical procedure in which donated blood is provided to you through a narrow tube placed within a vein in your arm”. The first human blood transfusion on record was conducted by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys, a French physician during the late 1600’s. Although Denys’ transfusions weren’t sound proof and often written off as unorthodox, he unknowingly ushered in a new era of medicine and laid the foundation for modern advances in Hematology. I choose this topic because I volunteer to donate blood four times a year alongside thousands of other people. On average these donations help save 4.5 million Americans that would die in a years’ time without a blood transfusion. These generous people
The fact that Sol and his colleagues were willing to take the blood from drug and alcohol addicts and resell it shows the risks they were willing to take in order to accrue revenue. It was soon after that people who received the blood were diagnosed with hepatitis. It was then that Plasma International wanted to look for other sources of safe and uncontaminated blood. Turning to West Africa, Plasma International knowingly bought pints of blood from West Africans with the intention of selling it approximately 166 times more than what they bought it for. Some may view this differently, but I personally believe that it was a wrong and shameful
By donating blood to insure there is enough in supply, the life we save may be our own.
I have given blood before and I am aware of the questionnaire and procedures used during the blood donation process.
People, who are in accidents, have kidney or liver damage, anemic or hemophiliacs, or even those diagnosed with cancer rely on donated blood.
The human body contains 4 to 6 liters of blood, depending upon the body size. The main components of blood can be classified as the cell free plasma (50-60%) and RBCs (40-50%), while WBCs accounts for only 1% of total blood volume. In order to maintain its vital properties, it must be refrigerated at cold temperature, i.e. +4◦C and it must be cooled to below +10◦C during transportation. If the blood is stored or transported outside of the required temperature for a prolonged time, it reduces the oxygen-carrying ability to the tissues during transfusion. The various factors that affects the blood when it is exposed above or below the freezing temperature are the risk of bacterial contamination, red blood cells rupture, release of hemoglobin and transfusion of such blood can be fatal.
Bloodletting is one of the oldest procedures in our society. It goes all the way back to thousands of years ago and many different cultures used it. Considered one of medicine’s oldest practices, bloodletting is thought to have originated in ancient Egypt. It then spread to Greece, where physicians such as Erasistratus, who lived in the third century B.C., believed that all illnesses stemmed from an overabundance of blood, or plethora. In the second century A.D., the influential Galen of Pergamum expanded on Hippocrates’ earlier theory that good health required a perfect balance of the four humors, blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile. His writings and teachings made bloodletting a common technique throughout the Roman Empire. Before long it went to in India and the Arab world too.
Donating blood is a simple procedure that can benefit society as a whole. Blood is a vital component that is required for the human body to function properly. Based on preliminary research on blood donations, one in every seven people who enter a hospital will need a blood transfusion. The likelihood of one needing large amounts of
I will be investigating Human Blood as my specific tissue and giving an overview on the location, characteristics, and the benefits it has to the human body. Blood is extracellular matrix that is consists of plasma, red blood cells, platelets, and white blood cells. Blood is located within the capillaries/veins/arteries of the human body, which are blood vessels that run through the entire body. These blood vessels allow the blood to flow smoothly and quickly from the heart to distinct parts of the human body. The unique parts of human blood all work together for a purpose: the Red Blood Cells(erythrocytes) transports oxygen throughout the body, White Blood Cells(leukocytes) play a part in the bodies immune system, Platelets(thrombocytes) assist in creating scabs,