La aportación enfermera en la promoción de la donación de sangre / The nurse contribution in the promotion of blood donation

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Did the Pope ban blood transfusion in 1678?

This paper concerns an alleged event in the history of haematology that disrupts the otherwise positive narrative of papal encouragement for blood transfusion. It is frequently stated, in popular websites and in the scholarly literature, that when blood transfusion was first developed it was banned by the Pope. However, careful analysis of the sources cited shows this claim to be without historical foundation. There was never any papal prohibition of blood transfusion. It is a myth that needs to be dispelled if the full extent of the Catholic Church's support for blood and organ donation is to be appreciated.

Captação de doadores e doação de sangue: discursos históricos / Donor procurement and blood donation: historical speeches

Objetivo: revelar o discurso do sujeito coletivo sobre a história da captação de doadores e da doação de sangue. Método: trata-se de estudo qualitativo, exploratório e descritivo, por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas, transcritas e validadas, com 18 profissionais atuantes nas áreas de hematologia e hemoterapia. Organizaram-se as comunicações e as analisaram pela técnica do Discurso do Sujeito Coletivo. Resultados: emergiram-se a partir dos discursos duas ideias centrais "Captação de doadores de sangue: da doação remunerada à espontânea" e "Informação e educação transformando a cultura da doação". Conclusão: tornaram-se a tônica da captação de doadores a informação e a educação no recorte de tempo investigado, contribuindo para a transformação da cultura da doação de sangue.(AU)

[Blood donation in the media between 1950 and 1980]. / Le don de sang dans la presse française des années 1950-1980.

Anecdotes, such as found in the media and chiefly the humor journals and magazines aim at bringing revisited insights on society subjects, which can even be the most serious. Anecdotes reported here on blood transfusion and the transfusion environment, that were retrieved from French news released in the media press between the 1950s to 1980s give a view on what has been achieved since then, but also on what is at a standstill by some incapability in moving forward or in changing minds. Those anecdotes would be used to stimulate or refresh debates in transfusion related-ethics.

"The Tramp", a blood donation propagandist?

The French pioneer for blood transfusion, who eventually organized the very early blood transfusion centers worldwide, went to imagine a scenario written in purpose for Charlie Chaplin, the unique character of "The Tramp" ("Charlot" in French). The movie Star was offered to feature a blood donation propagandist, and no longer the perpetual, well-known, "loser". This anecdote, besides being amusing, tells a lot on how Arnault Tzank encompassed all the difficulties in collecting blood enough to meet the demand, at all times; his proposal turns out to be extremely modern and questions nowadays marketing for blood donation.

The History of the Foundation of the Iranian National Blood Transfusion Service in 1974 and the Biography of its Founder; Professor Fereydoun Ala.

The history of early attempts of blood transfusion in Iran traces back to the 1940s; however, around three decades later in 1974, the Iranian National Blood Transfusion Service (Sazeman-e Melli-e Enteqal-e Khun-e Iran) was founded by the outstanding hematologist, Professor Fereydoun Ala. The main goals of this centralized organization were to collect blood from healthy voluntary donors, to screen the donated blood and to provide various safe blood products based on scientific and ethical standards. In due course, a new era of blood transfusion service in Iran had begun to such a degree that after more than four decades of its activity, it is now considered the best-developed blood service in the eastern Mediterranean region. Here, a brief historical account of the early blood transfusion efforts and the establishment of the modern Iranian National Blood Transfusion Service in Iran is discussed in addition to the life and career of its founder and first director, Professor Fereydoun Ala.

Lesbian blood drives as community-building activism in the 1980s.

As gay men began voluntarily withdrawing from blood donation in the early 1980s, lesbians in community with gay men in several U.S. cities organized drives to replenish the blood supply. These drives were sometimes the continuation of previously established drives by gay-lesbian organizations or faith communities, sometimes new initiatives in response to HIV/AIDS. However, after the initial publicity, mention of lesbian blood drives in print is both scarce and brief. Focusing on drives organized from 1983 to 1992 by a group known as San Diego Blood Sisters, this article is an initial step in documenting lesbian blood drives to inform and enrich conversations about histories of responses to HIV/AIDS, theoretical discussions of how community connections in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer spectrum are enacted and understood, and emerging research on intersections of gender and sexuality as they are expressed through blood donorship.

Tainted blood: Probing safety practices in the Danish blood system.

The existing literature on donor screening in transfusion medicine tends to distinguish between social concerns about discrimination and medical concerns about safety. In this article, we argue that the bifurcation into social and medical concerns is problematic. We build our case on a qualitative study of the historical rise and current workings of safety practices in the Danish blood system. Here, we identify a strong focus on contamination in order to avoid 'tainted blood', at the expense of working with risks that could be avoided through enhanced blood monitoring practices. Of further significance to this focus are the social dynamics found at the heart of safety practices aimed at avoiding contamination. We argue that such dynamics need more attention, in order to achieve good health outcomes in transfusion medicine. Thus, we conclude that, to ensure continuously safe blood systems, we need to move beyond the bifurcation of the social and medical aspects of blood supply as two separate issues and approach social dynamics as key medical safety questions.

Manual de orientações para promoção da doação voluntária de sangue / Guidelines for the promotion of voluntary blood donation / Manual de directrices para la promoción de la donación voluntaria de la sangre

A Coordenação-Geral de Sangue e Hemoderivados, do Ministério daSaúde, está comprometida com a missão de elaborar políticas que promovamo acesso da população à atenção hematológica e hemoterápicade forma segura e com qualidade, e realiza e desenvolve suas atividadesem consonância com os princípios e diretrizes do Sistema Único deSaúde. A chegada dos doadores de sangue aos serviços de hemoterapiase configura como etapa essencial para que se possibilite o acesso dapopulação à atenção hematológica e hemoterápica.Considerando a preocupação permanente com a excelência no trabalhorealizado na rede de hemoterapia nacional e com a importância da disponibilidadede sangue seguro para atender à população brasileira, estacoordenação lança o Manual de Orientações para Promoção da DoaçãoVoluntária de Sangue...

The real superdonors.

Before frequency and age limits were established for blood donations, certain individuals were exceptional in the frequency and the number of blood donations over their life. We call them "superdonors" and describe their common characteristics through some examples. The physiologic characteristics allowing these individuals to give blood several hundred times without developing an anemia are unknown.