HISTORICAL OVERVIEW
This will be the first post on blood banking basic concepts, which will be the historical overview of how blood banking evolved into what we have today. These facts are nice to know for your Blood Banking subject as a Medical Laboratory Scientist student.
1492 – First attempted Transfusion to Pope Innocent VII
1869– Braxton Hicks recommended sodium phosphate as a non-toxic anticoagulant
1901- Karl Landsteiner discovered ABO groups
- Edward F. Lindemann was the first to succeed in the vein-to-vein transfusion of blood.
1914 Hustin used sodium citrate as an anticoagulant solution for transfusion.
1915 – Lewisohn determined the minimum amount of citrate needed for anticoagulation.
1916 – Rous and Turner introduced a citrate and dextrose solution for blood preservation.
1941 – Dr. Charles Drew was appointed director of the first American Red Cross blood bank at Presbyterian Hospital during World War II. He also developed techniques in blood transfusion and preservation that led to the establishment a widespread system of blood banks.
1943 – Loutit and Mollison of England introduced the preservative acid-citrate-dextrose (ACD).
1957 –Gibson introduced an improved preservative solution, citrate-phosphate-dextrose (CPD). Eventually replaced ACD as a standard preservative for blood storage.
Reference: Modern Blood Banking 6th Edition p3. Denise M. Harmening
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