AABB (Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies) News, “Jehovah’s Witnesses to Permit Autologous Blood Transfusion”
“The organization’s longstanding prohibition on allogeneic blood transfusion remains unchanged.”
AABB, the professional body for transfusion medicine, reported that on 20 March 2026 the Governing Body ‘updated its medical guidance’ to permit members to decide whether to undergo autologous blood collection, storage and transfusion, whereas previous guidance ‘generally did not permit storage of a patient’s own blood for later use’.
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Provenance and verification note for AABB (Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies) News, Jehovah’s Witnesses to Permit Autologous Blood Transfusion
Confidence note. Opened on aabb.org on 19 September 2026; wording confirmed.
Corroborated by. src-ap-2026-0320-own-blood
Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-aabb-2026-0324