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Throughout the US, an average of 38,000 units of red blood cells are needed on any given day. Blood transfusions are needed for trauma victims, surgical cases, organ transplants, and patients with leukemia, cancer and sickle cell disease. In 1999, 26.5 million units of blood components were transfused.
