blood shortage
Banks running low
A blood shortage occurs when the supply of donated blood falls below what hospitals need for surgeries, emergencies, and ongoing treatments.
Blood banks regularly face shortages because donated blood has a limited shelf life and demand is constant: The Red Cross declared a national blood shortage and urged donations.
Shortages often worsen during holidays when fewer people donate.
- transfusionTransfer of blood intravenously
- donorOne who contributes freely
- plasmaElectrified matter state
- hemoglobinErythrocyte's oxygen-binding protein
- anemiaRed cell deficiency
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- blood donationdonor, donation, plasma, platelets, Red Cross
- health crisespandemic, epidemic, outbreak, health emergency, public health emergency
- health problemsdisease, cancer, diabetes, illness, heart disease