Neil-
Thanks for those statistics.
I mentioned in an earlier post that after last year's conference, I corresponded with Marilyn a bit about having someone from Red Cross or some other blood bank organization come and speak at the conference. This is a clip from my email:
<Wouldn't it be interesting to have a representative/speaker from a blood bank next year to share information about blood collection, bacteria screening, irradiation, single donor platelets, hospital protocols, transfusing out of type platelets (pros and cons), etc.>
Now, I'm thinking that adding info about HIV and Hep B & C risks and screening might also be useful.
I don't see anything mentioned on the conference agenda so I'm assuming this topic died somewhere along the line!?
Wendy B.
mom to Grant