The following are tried and tested alternatives to blood transfusion during various procedures. If you or a loved one is due to undergo surgery or give birth, and you don't wish to have a blood t ...
* Opt for autologous blood deposit and transfusion. Your own blood can be taken and stored, ready to be given back to you as and when you need it.
Doctors have found a way of taking more blood from a patient awaiting surgery so that a donor's blood need not be given. The autologous transfusion (the receiving of your own blood) has become mor ...