HISTORY

• 1948 was the first blood transfusion.
• Pope Innocent VII was the first-person recipient.
• 1869 started to find a nontoxic anticoagulantV
• Braxton Hicks recommended sodium phosphate; this was the first sample blood preservation in research
• Karl Landsteiner in 1901 discovered the ABO blood groups and explained the serious reactions that occur in humans as a result of incompatible transfusions
• Edward E. Lindemann was the first to succeed in performing blood transfusion, with the use of syringes and canula.
• Hustin reported the use of sodium citrate as an anticoagulant.
• Lewisohn determined the amount of citrate needed for anticoagulant.
• Rous and Turner introduced a citrate-dextrose as blood preservatives.
• Dr. Charles Drew he is the first to introduce the developing techniques in blood transfusion and blood preservation
• Dr. Charles Drew he was appointed director of the first American Red Cross blood bank at Presbyterian Hospital.
• Loutit and Mollison of England introduced the formula for the preservative Acid-citrate-dextrose (ACD).
• Gibson introduced an improved preservative solution called Citrate-phosphate-dextrose (CPD). This is considered as the standard preservative used for blood storage.