All, please see details below for the Blood Drive at the North Great Room this Friday. The Oklahoma Blood Institute is struggling with the blood supply because so many blood drives are being cancelled due to the Coronavirus. They would like to do this by appointment only to limit the amount of people that would be around at a time. At the bottom of the page you can also find a list of extra precautions that the Blood Institute is taking in order to help make sure you are safe while giving blood.
Please make donating at this blood drive a priority. Patients in Oklahoma hospitals are counting on your donation to survive.
Micro Blood Drive – The Grove [linkprotect.cudasvc.com]
Friday, March 27 from Noon – 6 pm
3300 Orchard Avenue, Edmond 73012
The Grove, North Club House
Schedule your appointment today by clicking the link above.
Julie Gimmel, Julie.gimmel@obi.org
Blood Program Consultant
MEDIA CONTACT
Heather Browne ∙ Marketing & Media Manager
405-419-1330 ∙ Cell 405-623-9321
Email ∙ heather.browne@obi.org
COVID-19 & Blood Donation Fast Facts
Coronavirus-Specific
- Thousands of planned donations are at risk, because of cancellations from coronavirus concerns. It’s critically important for donors to continue coming to blood drives and donor centers for their regular donations. Blood donation is an essential health care activity.
- If members of our communities are looking for ways to help during these uncertain and challenging times, blood donation is a safe and easy way to help your neighbors and ensure the health of our local blood supply. Please visit yourbloodinstitute.org to find a donor center or mobile blood drive near you.
- We need the public’s help to avoid a blood supply crisis. Patients need blood products every day for chemotherapy treatments, trauma situations, neonatal care and more. If patients quit donating or postpone their donations, our blood supply could be in crisis. Blood is a perishable product that requires continual donations to ensure a healthy supply.
- Donor centers and mobile blood drives have been adjusted to allow space for social distancing. On bloodmobiles, staff are placing donors to allow for maximum distance between visitors. In addition, we strongly encourage appointments to be made to help us manage how many donors are present at one time.
- Although we collect blood and blood products, we’re not a medical facility and ask only healthy donors to visit these locations to donate. We ask those who are ill to stay home or seek medical care. All donors will have their temperature taken before entering the blood donor area.
- Extra safety and cleaning processes have been implemented at our donor centers and mobile drives, to help ensure the safety of those visiting. Staff have also been instructed to stay home if they’re feeling unwell. In addition, we screen all donor services staff at the beginning of their shift, taking temperatures to ensure no one has a fever or feels ill.
- The CDC has found no evidence that COVID-19 is spread through the blood or blood donations. In similar respiratory illness outbreaks like SARS or MERS, no evidence of transmissions through blood products was seen.
About OBI
- Oklahoma Blood Institute is the 6th largest, independent, nonprofit blood collector in the United States, established in 1977.
- Oklahoma Blood Institute provides more than 90% of the state’s blood supply, serving more than 160 hospitals, medical facilities and air ambulances across the state.
- Approximately 1,200 donors are needed per day to maintain the supply of lifesaving blood.
- Each blood donation can save up to three lives.
- Healthy adults age 16 and older can give whole blood every 56 days, and platelets every seven days up to 24 times a year. To donate blood, 16-year-olds must weigh at least 125 pounds and provide signed parental permission; 17-year-olds must weigh at least 125 pounds; 18 and older must weigh at least 110 pounds.