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In Partnership with our Community - Blood is safer now than it has ever been, but the improvements have come with significant cost. - >>Read More

 

Antigen Typed (“Special”) Inventory at Bonfils Blood Center - Bonfils Blood Center's transfusion services department provides a variety of services to our healthcare partners including maintaining a vast inventory of “special” blood products. >>Read More

 

April is Donate Life Month - Each day, nearly 80 people receive the organ transplant that gives them a second chance, but 19 others die waiting for a donated organ. Today, more than 95,000 people in the U.S. including 1,700 in Colorado are waiting for a life-saving organ or tissue transplant. >>Read More

 

NEWS & NOTES - Recaps recent news and events at Bonfils Blood Center. >>Read More

 

 

 

Misconceptions about TRALI Risk Reduction Recommendations: Female Plasma Usage - AABB, America's Blood Centers and the American Red Cross have received inquiries from the media and the public concerning blood center use of plasma according to the gender of the donor. >>Read More

 

Reassessment of Autologous Blood Donation - During the past 15 to 20 years, the use of autologous blood donation rapidly expanded as a strategy to reduce both the fear and the risk of transmitting infectious diseases including HIV and hepatitis. >>Read More

 
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