B+
August 22, 2018 11:05 am Comments Off on B+Is one of the rarest blood types — only 8.5% of the US population has type B+ Can give blood products to types B+ and AB+, and receive all B and O types Is an ideal whole blood, double red...
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A-
August 22, 2018 11:04 am Comments Off on A-Is one of the rarest blood types — only 6.3% of the US population has type A- Can give blood products to all A and AB types, and receive types A- and O- Is an ideal whole blood, double red...
A+
August 22, 2018 11:03 am Comments Off on A+Is one of the most common and, consequently, most transfused blood types — 35.7% of the US population has type A+ Can give blood products to types A+ and AB+ and receive all A and O types Is an ideal...
Summer Blood Need: Calling All Donors
August 2, 2018 1:04 pm Comments Off on Summer Blood Need: Calling All DonorsIn January, a tough time of year for blood collections, we shared a blog, Behind the Critical Need for Blood Products at Stanford Blood Center, offering some insight into what it means for a blood center to be in critical...
Honoring Those Affected by Cancer at Relay for Life Campbell
July 25, 2018 1:51 pm Comments Off on Honoring Those Affected by Cancer at Relay for Life CampbellOn July 14, SBC hosted a table at Relay for Life Campbell. Less than a mile from our upcoming new South Bay Donor Center, this wonderful event brings communities together to remember loved ones lost and honor those affected by...
Won’t You Be My Neighbor – Stanford Blood Center Moving to Campbell
May 31, 2018 5:42 pm Comments Off on Won’t You Be My Neighbor – Stanford Blood Center Moving to CampbellWith our newest donor center opening in Campbell, CA this summer, we thought it was important to get out into the Campbell community to meet our new neighbors! Most recently, we attended Boogie: Campbell’s Music Festival, a fantastic community event...
Celebrating Our Veteran Mobile Blood Drive Partners
May 4, 2018 6:18 pm Comments Off on Celebrating Our Veteran Mobile Blood Drive PartnersAs we celebrate 40 years as your community blood center, it seemed like a good time to reflect on the incredible partnerships we’ve developed over the years. And when we think of partnerships, we of course think of our fantastic...
National Donate Life Month Aims to Recruit Organ Donors
April 11, 2018 4:08 pm Comments Off on National Donate Life Month Aims to Recruit Organ DonorsAt Stanford Blood Center (SBC), most are aware that we collect blood products to supply to our hospital partners. But many might not know that we also have a medical team working in our Histocompatibility, Immunogenetics, and Disease Profiling Laboratory...
Training Future Leaders in Transfusion Medicine
April 4, 2018 5:13 pm Comments Off on Training Future Leaders in Transfusion MedicineAs an academic blood center, teaching is an integral part of our mission at Stanford Blood Center (SBC). In 2007, to further this mission, SBC helped establish the Stanford Health Care (SHC) Transfusion Medicine (TM) Fellowship Program to train the...
Blood Donations Help Local Patients and Children in Foster Care
February 22, 2018 12:53 am Comments Off on Blood Donations Help Local Patients and Children in Foster CareThis winter marked our fifth annual Give Good, and we are pleased to announce that it was huge success! Each year during our critical winter season (when blood donations drop due to sickness and holiday travel), SBC partners with another...