He even remembers giving blood in a direct transfusion, with the recipient on the other side of a curtain.

For direct transfusions a vein can be used but the blood may be taken from an artery instead.

"I never did a direct transfusion before."

Drinking soup in constant little sips as if it was going straight to the veins, direct transfusion.

During World War I, the British attempted direct transfusion with poor results.

"Time Rocker" is a direct transfusion.

Direct transfusions were still not practiced at the beginning of the 20th century because it was impossible to keep unaltered blood outside the body for later use.

An alternative to vaccination used in the 1918 flu pandemic was the direct transfusion of blood, plasma, or serum from recovered patients.

In some cases, automated plasmapheresis is used to collect plasma products like Fresh frozen plasma for direct transfusion purposes, often at the same time as plateletpheresis.