Transfusion medicine has become challenged by its own success. Within little more than two generations, diligent workers in this field have transformed blood conservation and transfusion techniques from a ‘cottage industry’ with unpredictable outcomes to a science that delivers components that are safe and efficacious and transfusion advice that is increasingly based on evidence rather than speculation.
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