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Donation Facts

Donating blood is safe.

All materials used, including the needle, are new, sterile, disposable, and only used once for your blood donation.

Most people feel absolutely fine after they have donated.

Eating regular meals beforehand, and drinking lots of fluids for 24 hours after the donation will help alleviate any unexpected side effects.

Donating blood is simple.

You will be asked for some basic information such as your name, address, age, and driver's license. A confidential medical history is taken, and a finger stick is done to analyze a drop of your blood for iron content. Your pulse, blood pressure, and temperature will also be checked. A skilled, specially trained technician, called a phlebotomist, does the donation procedure. The actual donation takes about seven to ten minutes.

One donation has the ability to save 3 lives.

You will give one unit, about one pint of blood. After donating, you will rest and enjoy some refreshments. So please consider donating today — it really saves lives!

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US Facing Critical
Blood Shortages
  • Red blood cells can be stored for only 42 days, making continuous donations vital.
  • 60 percent of Americans are eligible to donate blood but only five percent do.
  • Only nine percent of the public knows that blood is needed every two seconds—34,000 pints a day.
  • A survey of 10,000 donors indicates three percent of donors assume they're not eligible anymore due to new safety rules.
  • Approximately 18 percent of active-duty military personnel are disqualified based on the nvCJD deferral criteria.

Source: CBSNEWS.com,
June 28, 2002.

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