Near-infrared technology plays role in visualizing veins
Monday, November 3, 2014 - 17:00
in Health & Medicine
Having hard-to-find veins is never a pleasant thought if anticipating donating blood. Now the Australian Red Cross Blood Service has a message to potential donors that such unpleasant thoughts should not stop them from making the move to save lives. The service has announced it is conducting research into the use of technology to visualize blood donors' veins during blood donation. Angela King, Blood Service researcher, said they are placing the technology in a trial study to determined its effectiveness.