As students head back to school, we are thrilled to share the results of our Annual Summer High School Blood Donor Challenge. Olmsted County high…

Joshua Rhoades, MT(ASCP), Clinical Laboratory Technologist in the Infectious Diseases Serology Laboratory at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, has been donating blood for more than 10…

A recent study in the medical journal, Transfusion, found an association between blood donation and lowered blood pressure. Researchers studied approximately 300 whole blood donors over…

According to the American Red Cross, an estimated 38 percent of the U.S. population is eligible to donate blood at any given time, although less…

Our fourth annual Feel the Beat event on October 8 will feature a wide variety of guest speakers. Here are two guest speakers we are…

One of the major medical therapies used to treat chronic inflammatory conditions such as Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, or psoriasis…

To remain compliant with a new practice standard and continue our focus on blood safety, the Mayo Clinic Blood Donor Program has updated its screening…

Michelle (Andi) Campbell, Customer Resource Specialist, was only 16 years old when she was involved in a terrible car accident. With a broken femur and…

In 2013, team members of the Todd and Karen Wanek Family Program for HLHS wanted to find a way to thank research participants and their…

The other day I met a very interesting gentleman.  He drove 3 hours to donate platelets here at Mayo Clinic.  When I asked him why…

Transfusion can mean a whole variety of things, depending on your perspective... patient, family member, physician, nurse, and laboratory. Please take a minute to reflect--…

Join us for our fourth annual Feel the Beat event on October 8, 2016! Check back soon to read about the exciting guest speakers who…