Background: Increasing demand for blood and blood products mostly due to increased individual access to health care services rises the concerns over lack of adequate amounts of blood products. It also can impose additional costs to blood transfusion centers and may increase transfusion-related complications. We aimed to investigate the impact of the Iranian Blood Transfusion Organization (IBTO)...

background: excessive ordering of blood components imposes heavy costs to blood transfusion centers and increases the amount of blood product wastage due to lack of their use. in recent years, attempts have been made against unnecessary blood and blood product requests in our country. we aimed to investigate the frequency of blood and blood product wasting in healthcare centers of yazd city in ...

All blood cells possess inherited antigens; their pattern is specific for any individual or groups of individuals, and remains constant throughout life. Although the majority of the antigens were first recognized in association with blood cells, it is now evident that many of them are also found in other tissues and in body fluids, and specific antigens have been demonstrated in plasma. Antibod...