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January 1, 2003 at 11:20 pm
Published by Stanford Blood Center
STANFORD, Calif. – Brenda Glover, an employee of the Stanford Blood Center, will wear a blood-drop costume on her daily commute for a week to promote blood donations. A CalTrain and Marguerite Shuttle user, she hopes her unusual effort will...
January 1, 2003 at 11:19 pm
Published by Stanford Blood Center
STANFORD, Calif. – Earlier this month, Woodside resident Dick Tagg made his 400th apheresis donation to the Stanford Blood Center. Far from your typical blood donation, this specialized two-hour process allows the center to collect specific blood components such as...
January 1, 2003 at 11:19 pm
Published by Stanford Blood Center
STANFORD, Calif. – Stanford Blood Center is the first in the Bay Area to offer on-site screening for the West Nile virus. Using a new set of analytical tools from Roche Diagnostics, the screening process will help prevent the spread...
January 1, 2002 at 11:30 pm
Published by Stanford Blood Center
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...
January 1, 2002 at 11:29 pm
Published by Stanford Blood Center
STANFORD, Calif. – The need for blood is more important than ever as the Stanford Blood Center welcomes two preeminent cardiac surgeons to the School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. Frank L. Hanley, MD, professor of surgery and...
January 1, 2002 at 11:27 pm
Published by Stanford Blood Center
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...
January 1, 2002 at 11:26 pm
Published by Stanford Blood Center
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,”...
January 1, 2002 at 11:25 pm
Published by Stanford Blood Center
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”...
January 1, 2002 at 11:24 pm
Published by Stanford Blood Center
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)...
January 1, 2002 at 11:22 pm
Published by Stanford Blood Center
STANFORD, Calif. – The Stanford Blood Center has launched a campaign to encourage donations during the holiday period when the need for blood often increases and supplies diminish. In the campaign, new flags showing Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital patient Xitlali...