According to research, medical mistrust is a significant barrier to blood donation among minorities therefore better community education and communication is critical. Researchers at Georgia State University and Georgia Southern University, USA, conducted the first...
European Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis comments on World Blood Donor Day 2018, urging young people to step forward and donate blood in order to keep the blood banks “constantly replenished”. In a statement on World Blood Donor Day 2018, Andriukaitis said: “Let us...
The evaluation of the EU legal frameworks on blood, tissues and cells found that the majority of the respondents consider that the legislation had made blood, tissues and cells safer in the EU. However, they also find that the legislation is not up-to-date with...
The open public consultation evaluating the EU legal frameworks on blood, tissues and cells has found that that the majority of the respondents, who included both individual citizens and various groups, such as professional societies, donor and patient organisations...
The European Commission has produced two new guides about blood management: Building national programmes of patient blood management (PBM) in the EU – a guide for health authorities Supporting patient blood management (PBM) in the EU – a practical...
