The Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses has announced a major policy update, allowing individual members to decide whether ...

Jehovah’s Witnesses can now decide themselves whether to accept or donate blood components, without risk of excommunication.

The Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses has further relaxed policies on blood, allowing members to decide, based on ...

Jehovah’s Witnesses have partly eased their longstanding position on blood transfusions, allowing individual members to ...

The governing body of Jehovah’s Witnesses says the decision to accept red cells, white cells, plasma or platelets from another person’s blood is a matter of personal conscience for members.

What do red cells, white cells, plasma and platelets actually do? Sundiata Post explains why Nigeria’s blood system separates ...

Members may now individually decide whether to accept or donate major blood components, while the religious prohibition on whole-blood transfusions remains unchanged. Jehovah’s Witnesses have ...

Jehovah’s Witnesses say members can now decide whether to accept or donate four main blood components based on conscience.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Mortality after prehospital transfusion with whole blood did not significantly differ from that of transfusion ...

Jehovah’s Witnesses have altered their long-standing prohibition on blood transfusions. Members are now permitted to accept red and white blood cells, along with plasma and platelets. The decision ...

Transfusion Alter Transfusion Med. 2008;10(3):92-101. The initial storage temperature of whole blood determines which components can be produced from it (Figure 1). Because platelet function rapidly ...