In 1982, a transition to a genuine blood donation system based on the principle of voluntary and unpaid blood donation was carried out. To avoid repeating the errors of the past, the JRCS, in cooperation with the national and local governments, works to maintain blood donation facilities with effective screening capabilities and strives to spread and popularize the concept of donating blood. Infected blood collected from paid donors developed into a social problem referred to as 'yellow blood.' As a result, there were numerous occurrences of patients developing post-transfusion hepatitis after being infected by blood products collected from paid donors who had unhealthy lifestyle practices. Instead, the practice of paid blood donations initiated by private blood banks was widespread. The concept of non-remunerated blood donations was uncommon at the time. This was primarily a blood deposit system that gave special consideration to donors they would be placed on a priority list for blood transfusions in the future. In 1952 the Japanese Red Cross Society Tokyo Blood Bank was established and blood program operations began. The JRCS is the only organization in Japan collecting and supplying blood for use in transfusions. Thank you very much for your understanding and cooperation. For this reason, we cannot accept donations from individuals who are unable to understand and respond in Japanese. Both of these steps will take place on site at any of our blood donation facilities. Under the blood donation policy and for safety reasons regarding the person donating blood, we are required to ask you to fill out a mandatory pre-questionnaire in Japanese, and have a certified physician conduct a preliminary medical examination for blood donation in Japanese. Thank you very much for your support and kind consideration. To those who are considering donating blood within Japan: Blood collected by way of voluntary, non-remunerated donations from healthy individuals saves the lives of countless patients on a daily basis. Blood cannot, as of yet, be manufactured through artificial processes.

Thanks to the generous donations, the Japanese Red Cross Society is able to deliver blood products to medical institutions across the country.īlood transfusion plays an important life-saving function in the treatment of malignant neoplasms (cancer), hematological diseases and other disorders.

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