Table of Contents
About TABB
Officers and Board
Diggs Award
Membership
Scholarships
Where to Donate Blood in Tennessee
TABB Meetings
Scenes - Spring
Meeting 2007
Scenes
Fall Meeting 2007
Spring
Meeting 2008
Topics in Transfusion Medicine
Links
The following web sites may be of sources of information to those interested in blood banking. Click on the link of your choice.
| American Association of Blood Banks | This organization counts among its members donor centers, transfusion services, and blood bankers in the United States as well as many blood bankers around the world. Well worth a visit. See also AABB's journal, Transfusion, given at the end of this list. |
| America's Blood Centers | A network of 72 community blood centers in the U.S. These centers collect more than 1/2 of the blood in the United States. |
| American Red Cross Donor Centers | This is the web page of the American Red Cross. |
| American Society of Clinical Laboratory Science (ASCLS) | The members of this organization are interested in clinical laboratory science practice, education and management including blood banking. |
| American Society of Clinical Pathologists (ASCP) | A leading resource for education and publishing in pathology and laboratory medicine, including blood banking. |
| California Blood Bank Society | The web site of the California Blood Bank Society, webmaster Ira Shulman, MD. A very good web site with much up-to-the-minute information on transfusion medicine. |
| Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) | A valuable resource for information on travelers health, including those with special needs such as disabilities, pregnancy, breast-feeding, and HIV. |
| College of American Pathologists (CAP) | The College of American Pathologists (CAP) is a medical society serving more than 15,000 physician members and the laboratory community, including transfusion services. |
| FDA-CBER | Promulgates CFRs, Guidances, Rules, and Letters to the blood banking industry |
| Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) | The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is a Federal agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Programs for which CMS is responsible include Medicare, Medicaid, State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), HIPAA, and CLIA. Formerly called HCFA |
| International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT) | The International Society of Blood Transfusion |
| ISBT 128 | ISBT 128 provides such an international standard. It specifies a donation numbering system that ensures globally unique identification. |
| JCAHO | The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations |
| Kentucky Association of Blood Banks (KABB) | The web site of our neighboring state to the north of Tennessee. Keep up on the blood banking activities in Kentucky. |
| National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute | Transfusion
Alert: |
| National Institutes of Health (NIH) | Publications and fact sheets, clinical trials, and health hotlines. A well constructed set of web pages. |
| Ohio Association of Blood Banks | The web pages of the Ohio Association of Blood Banks are located at this URL. |
| OSHA | The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and its state partners have approximately 2100 personnel spread over more than 200 offices throughout the country. |
| Pat's Transfusion Medicine Sites | Pat Letendre has a rich set of links to many subjects of interest relating to transfusion medicine. Take a look. |
| Transfusion | The Journal of the American Association of Blood Banks |