Blood Donors and the Supply of Blood and Blood Products -- Copyright -- PRESENTERS -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- Contents -- I CURRENT STATE OF THE BLOOD SUPPLY -- Longitudinal Studies of Blood Availability -- QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS -- Blood Supply Fluctuations -- QUESTIONS/COMMENTS -- When Should Physicians Transfuse? -- QUESTIONS/COMMENTS -- International Perspectives on Blood Availability -- QUESTIONS/COMMENTS -- II ENHANCING COLLECTIONS -- The Delaware Plan -- QUESTIONS/COMMENTS -- Markets and the Blood Supply -- QUESTIONS/COMMENTS -- Blood Donor Attitudes and Behavior -- QUESTIONS/COMMENTS -- III ENHANCING DISTRIBUTION -- American Red Cross Blood Distribution System -- QUESTIONS/COMMENTS -- Blood Resource Sharing Programs -- QUESTIONS/COMMENTS -- Exporting Blood from a Regional Blood Center -- QUESTIONS/COMMENTS -- Supply and Demand in Transfusion Services -- QUESTIONS/COMMENTS -- Logistic Problems and Perishables: The Kroger Company and Supermarket Seafood -- QUESTIONS/COMMENTS -- IV EXPANDING THE ALTERNATIVES -- Frozen Red Cell Technology -- QUESTIONS/COMMENTS -- Logistical Concerns in Prepositioning Frozen Blood -- QUESTIONS/COMMENTS -- Extended Liquid Storage of Red Blood Cells -- QUESTIONS/COMMENTS -- Overview of Blood Substitutes -- V CLOSING REMARKS -- Henrik H. Bendixen Chair, Forum on Blood Safety and Blood Availability -- Harvey Klein Workshop Moderator -- APPENDIXES -- A Acronyms -- B Workshop Participants.