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QUEENS WEEKLY, MARCH 22, 2020
American Red Cross in dire need of blood donations
as blood drives get cancelled throughout the city
BY ALEJANDRA O'CONNELLDOMENECH
Blood is in short supply
at the American Red Cross
due blood drives throughout
the city have been cancelled
as limits on public
life grow more intense due
to the novel coronavirus
outbreak.
The blood shortage could
continue to hurt those that
have been injured in car
crashes, need surgery or
are suffering from cancer.
So far, 2,700 Red Cross blood
drives have been cancelled
across the country as a result
of the outbreak, which
have resulted in 86,000 fewer
donations. About 80 percent
of the blood Red Cross
collects comes from blood
drives.
In the Eastern New York
Region, 23 blood drives
have been canceled, resulting
in 674 fewer blood donations.
The Red Cross is
adding appointment slots
at donation centers and expanding
capacity at many
community blood drives
across the country over the
next few weeks to ensure
ample opportunities for donors
to give.
As a result, the nonprofit
is encouraging people to
donate blood, platelets or
AB Elite plasma and has
taken a set of safety precautions
in place:
• Wearing gloves and
changing them often
• Wiping down donortouched
areas after every
collection
• Using sterile collection
sets for every donation
• Preparing the arm
for donation with aseptic
scrub
• Conducting donor
mini-physicals to ensure
donors are healthy and well
on day of donation
The Red Cross has implemented
new measures
to ensure blood drives and
donation centers are even
safer for their donors and
staff, including:
• Checking the temperature
of staff and donors
before entering a drive
to make sure they are
healthy.
• Providing hand sanitizer
for use before the
drive, as well as throughout
the donation process.
• Spacing beds, where
possible, to follow social
distancing practices between
blood donors.
• Increasing enhanced
disinfecting of surfaces
and equipment.
To ensure their staff
is healthy each day, they
have implemented standard
staff health assessments
prior to all blood
drives. Photo via Getty Images
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