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Stanford Blood Center Urges January Donations

January 1, 2002 at 11:30 pm
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STANFORD, Calif. – With National Volunteer Blood Donor Month lasting through January, Stanford Blood Center has joined forces with the American Association of Blood Banks to urge every eligible person to donate. Throughout the first month of the year, new...


vCJD Background Information

January 1, 2002 at 11:27 pm
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New guidelines regarding travel to the United Kingdom and Europe are a result of the Food and Drug Administrations (FDA) desire to further decrease the possibility that the agent that causes Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE, or “Mad Cow Disease”) could...


New Blood Donor Travel Criteria

January 1, 2002 at 11:26 pm
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New guidelines issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will be implemented in two phases to help prevent blood shortages. This is in an effort to decrease the possibility that vCJD, the human form of “Mad Cow Disease,”...


Blood Center Creates “Traveler’s Club”

January 1, 2002 at 11:25 pm
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STANFORD, Calif. – Stanford Blood Center has created a new donor club to help prevent the blood shortages that may occur when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations on travel and residency defer many donors. The “Traveler’s Club”...


New Travel Regulations Impact Local Blood Center

January 1, 2002 at 11:24 pm
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STANFORD, Calif. – Stanford Blood Center, along with blood centers throughout the U.S., will be further tightening donor restrictions related to residence in the United Kingdom (U.K.) and Europe. New guidelines issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...