How Can Blood Save Your Life? (brochure), “Quality Alternatives to Transfusion”
“Witnesses do not accept transfusions of whole blood, red cells, white cells, platelets, or blood plasma.”
The footnote continues by referring readers to The Watchtower of 1 June 1990, pages 30–31, for minor fractions such as immune globulin. The section describes non-blood volume expanders (saline, dextran, Haemaccel, lactated Ringer’s solution, hetastarch) as acceptable.
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Provenance and verification note for How Can Blood Save Your Life? (brochure), Quality Alternatives to Transfusion
Confidence note. Text opened on JW.org on 19 September 2026 and the footnote wording confirmed. The 1990 publication year is the brochure’s own imprint date as catalogued by the Watchtower Online Library (publication code hb); the JW.org page does not display a year.
Corroborated by. src-pmc-2019-figueiredo
Notes. Still published on JW.org as of the access date (the day after the September 2026 announcement), footnote unchanged; re-check periodically.
Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-hb-1990-quality-alternatives