Jeff Saturday Shares Some Facts About Blood Donation

JEFF SATURDAY SHARES SOME FACTS 63 ABOUT BLOOD DONATION EACH OF US CARRIES ONE OF FOUR GENERAL BLOOD CATEGORIES: 0,A,B or AB WITHIN EACH, BLOOD THEN IS LABELED RH POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE. THE RESULTING EIGHT GLASSES ARE в в АВ АВ COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS "BLOOD TYPE" THE AVERAGE BLOOD DONOR GIVES TWO TIMES A YEAR. IF ALL BLOOD DONORS GAVE THREE TIMES A YEAR, BLOOD SHORTAGES WOULD BECOME A RARE EVENT. 60 INDIANA BLOOD CENTER SUPPLIES BLOOD TO OVER 60 HOSPITALS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF INDIANA. INDIANA BLOOD CENTER HAS NINE DONOR CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF INDIANA: AVON, CARMEL, COLUMBUS, FISHERS, GREENWOOD, (DOWNTOWN) INDIANAPOLIS, LAFAYETTE, MUNCIE AND TERRE HAUTE. EVERY UNIT OF BLOOD DONATED AT INDIANA BLOOD CENTER x13 UNDERGOES 13 TESTS IN ORDER TO ENSURE A SAFE AND ADEQUATE BLOOD SUPPLY FOR THROUGHTOUT INDIANA. FOUR EASY STEPS TO DONATING BLOOD: A UNIT OF BLOOD IS ROUGHLY A PINT. ONE PINT OF BLOOD CAN HELP UP TO 3 PATIENTS. 1. MEDICAL HISTORY 12 8, 2. MINI PHYSICAL 3. DONATION ADULT ADULT MALES FEMALES AVERAGE AVERAGE 4. REFRESHMENTS 8 PINTS BROKEN DOWN INTO: 12 PINTS RED CELLS, PLASMA, CRYOPRECIPITATE & PLATELETS. %23