PROCUREMENT OF BLOOD FOR THE ARMED FORCES

12 September 1942

journal article
research article
Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA

Vol. 120 (2) , 119-123
https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1942.82830370004009

Abstract

In May 1941 the American Red Cross and the Division of Medical Sciences of the National Research Council were asked by the Surgeon Generals of the Army and Navy to organize a cooperative project for the collection of human blood plasma for the armed forces. The Red Cross was to procure the donors, while the National Research Council was to assume general supervision of the professional services and to provide for competent professional personnel. The technical aspects of the program were designed to comply with the requirements of the National Institute of Health. Based on the experience obtained at a pilot bleeding center in New York City, established in February 1941, this project has now expanded from coast to coast, and blood donor centers are now operating in seventeen cities. I have previously reported¹ the experience of this pilot unit with its first 10,000 donors. The methods and technic

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