Blood Supply: Availability of Blood to Meet the Nation's Requirements
HEHS-99-187R
Published: Sep 20, 1999. Publicly Released: Sep 23, 1999.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the availability of blood to meet the nation's requirements, focusing on: (1) recent trends in blood donation and the demand for blood transfusions; (2) the expected effect of a ban on blood from donors who have travelled to the United Kingdom; and (3) the potential effect of policy changes to allow units of blood collected from individuals with hemochromatosis to be distributed.
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