To schedule an appointment to donate blood, call 31 or visit Versiti online at. Appointments are encouraged at any of Versiti’s seven donor centers in Indiana and at any local community blood drive, but walk-ins are always welcome. Donors should bring a photo ID that includes their date of birth. Parental consent is required, however, for individuals who are age 16 to donate blood.
“And note that all the blood collection facilities are providing proper safety precautions and adhering to regulations.”ĭonating blood takes about an hour and anyone age 17 or older in good health who meets eligibility requirements is encouraged to give. “People will have to be brave enough to come out and donate,” she continued. There’s someone out there who will need this blood and if you’re donating, you’re literally saving someone’s life.” Spadoni expressed that donating now requires bravery. “If you’re coming out and donating during this pandemic, you’re a hero. “If you’re donating blood, you’re a hero,” expressed Spadoni. MedPage Today recently reported that “concerns about a national blood shortage are emerging.” Quartz noted that large percentages of blood drives were canceled or postponed throughout the United States in recent months as well. Protocols have been put in place to allow extra time for blood testing patients, to avoid using Type O blood whenever possible, but the urgency of some situations at times prevents that. Spadoni said her hospital as well as others are doing their best to conserve blood, especially Type O. Spadoni’s hospital runs blood drives, but because of COVID-19, recent blood drives at that location have been limited to employees only. We’re appealing to Hoosiers throughout the state to help save lives by donating blood.” “People battling cancer, surgery patients and trauma victims need life-saving blood every day. “We have lost more than 4,000 blood donations in Indiana and hundreds of local community blood drives have been canceled since the onset of coronavirus in early March,” Waxman said. O-negative donors are universal blood donors, meaning their red blood cells can be transfused to all patients, said Versiti Vice President of Transfusion Services and Senior Medical Officer Dr. “This time of year is traditionally when we see lower blood supply because people are on vacation so they don’t donate as much, but what’s been unique this summer is we are seeing a much more significant low and all blood types have been impacted,” Spadoni stated.Īll blood types are needed now, especially O-negative and O-positive types. Judi Spadoni, Alverno Laboratories’ site director at Franciscan Health Dyer since 2005 and a lab tech for more than 40 years, said she’s never seen blood supplies at this low of a level. A byproduct of COVID-19 has been a historic low in blood supply.
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