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1818

1818 James Blundell performs the first successful blood transfusion of human blood to treat postpartum hemorrhage.

1840

1840 The first whole blood transfusion to treat hemophilia is successfully completed.

1900

1900 Karl Landsteiner discovers the first three human blood groups, A, B and O.

1907

1907 Blood typing and cross matching between donors and patients is attempted to improve the safety of transfusions.

1914

1914 Adolf Hustin discovers that sodium citrate can anticoagulate blood for transfusion, allowing it to be stored and later transfused safely to patients on the battlefield.

1932

1932 The first blood bank is established at Leningrad hospital.

1940

1940 The US government establishes a nationwide blood collection program.

1961

1961 Platelet concentrates are recognized to reduce mortality from hemorrhaging in cancer patients.

1962

America's Blood Centers was founded in 1962.

1964

Community Blood Center, founded in 1964, maintains its headquarters in Dayton, OH.

1983

1983 Stanford Blood Center is the first blood center to screen for AIDS contaminated blood, using a surrogate test (T-lymphocyte phenotyping) two years before the AIDS virus antibody test is developed.

1990

1990 A specific test to identify Hepatitis C is introduced.

2012

In Sweden, a modest initiative begun in 2012 has increased contributions by simply texting donors to let them know when their blood has been used; Britain has followed suit.

2015

As of the beginning of July 2015, Blood had published 125 volumes containing a total of 43 042 papers, including 2729 clinical trials (of which 775 were randomized controlled trials), 2345 case reports, 1153 multicenter studies, 1348 reviews, 39 meta-analyses, and 20 practice guidelines.

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