GREENVILLE, S.C. (PRESS RELEASE) – This January, Civic Claret Donor Month, the American Red Cross has an burning charge for claret and platelet donors of all claret types to accomplish an arrangement to accord now and advice abode a winter claret donation shortage.
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Severe winter acclimate has had a amazing appulse on claret donations already this year, with added than 150 claret drives affected to abolish causing over 5,500 claret and platelet donations to go uncollected. This is in accession to melancholia illnesses, such as the flu, and animated anniversary schedules collectively accidental to added than 28,000 beneath donations than what was bare in November and December.
In North Carolina, 23 claret drives were affected to abolish or abutting aboriginal due to aftermost week’s winter storm, causing about 600 donations to go uncollected.
“Even acting disruptions to claret and platelet donations can abate the availability for hospital patients,” said Clifford Numark, chief carnality president, Red Cross Claret Services. “It’s the claret on the shelves that helps save lives in an emergency, and that’s why we’re allurement acceptable individuals to accomplish an arrangement to accord claret or platelets today.”
While confined bounded hospitals is the aboriginal priority, the Red Cross can move claret articles to area they’re bare most. This allows acceptable donors throughout the country to accord to the civic claret accumulation and potentially advice patients locally and in storm-affected areas.
While all claret types are actively needed, there is a added analytical charge for the afterward claret and donation types appropriate now:
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· Platelets: The array allocation of claret primarily accustomed to blight patients during analysis and consistently in abundant demand.
· Blazon O negative: The claret blazon that can be alloyed to about anybody and is what doctors ability for in agony situations.
· Blazon B negative: The claret blazon that can be alloyed to blazon B Rh-positive and abrogating patients.
· Blazon AB: The claret blazon that can be alloyed to about anybody and can be donated through a platelet or claret donation, area available, or during a approved claret donation.
How to help
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Eligible donors can acquisition a claret or platelet donation befalling and agenda an arrangement to accord by application the chargeless Claret Donor App, visiting redcrossblood.org or calling 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767). Donation accessories and achievement of a RapidPass are encouraged to advice acceleration up the donation process. RapidPass lets donors complete the pre-donation account and acknowledgment the bloom history check online, on the day of their donation, by visiting redcrossblood.org/rapidpass from the accessibility of a adaptable accessory or computer, or through the Claret Donor App.
Upcoming claret donation opportunities Jan. 8-31
Greenville
1/8/2018: 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., ARC of Upstate SC, 940 Grove Rd.
1/10/2018: 12:30 p.m. – 5 p.m., Lowe’s of NW Greenville, 1900 Poinsett Highway
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1/26/2018: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m., Lowe’s of Greenville, 1131 Woodruff Rd
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Spartanburg
1/28/2018: 11:30 a.m. – 4 p.m., Una Community Fire Department, 1025 Hayne St
1/31/2018: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m., High Point Academy, 6655 Pottery Road
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