By Avery Mendoza Texas Tech dormitories last week engaged in a charitable battle royale for student blood. University Student Housing hosts the Battle of the Halls Blood Drive in collaboration with Vitalant Blood Bank, where students fight for bragging rights while saving lives. According to an article by Vitalant, blood donations have been at dangerously […]
Problems With Blood Transfusions
May 20, 2014 by
Despite FDA regulations, fatalities do occur as a result of blood transfusions. According to the FDA’s annual summary for 2012, there were 65 reported transfusion-related, or potentially related, fatalities. This was more than the 58 fatalities recorded in 2011 and the 64 recorded in 2010. Of the fatalities from 2008 through 2012, 37 percent were […]
