Pinedale Community Blood Drive May 27th
May 12, 2020
There will be a community blood drive in Pinedale, Wyoming on Wednesday, May 27th from 1:00PM to 6:00PM at the Sublette County Rural Health Care District EMS Station. For appointments: Call Bill Kluck at 307-367-2315, Vitalant: 1-800-456-7057, or go to www.vitalant.org – Use Sponsor Code: Pinedale
Important Info: Donors must be well and healthy, have an appointment and must wear a mask to donate.
PLEASE help spread the word and make your appointment today!
-The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has developed guidance for limiting "mass gatherings" but those "mass gatherings" do not include blood drives. Blood drives—which represent more than 60% of the nation’s blood supply—are now considered critical care events, and, if canceled, could jeopardize patient care.
"In these difficult times, giving blood is something healthy individuals can do to help the sick. The only source for blood—literally in many hospital procedures, the source of life—is another human being," said Dr. Ralph Vassallo, Vitalant’s chief medical and scientific officer. "We need people to donate blood today, while following guidance from the CDC and other agencies."
Your upcoming blood drive is absolutely critical to avoiding another public health crisis: not having enough blood to meet basic patient needs.
Vitalant’s highest priority is the safety of the blood supply, our donors, patients and staff. Blood donors must be healthy, feeling well and free of respiratory illness symptoms, including fever, to be eligible to donate.
Additionally:
• There is no inherent risk of getting coronavirus from the donation procedure itself. To minimize the risk of contracting it from others at a blood drive or donation center, our staff follow rigorous safety and disinfection protocols that include wearing gloves and personal protective gear, wiping down donor-touched areas often and after every collection, using sterile collection sets for every donation/collection, and arm scrubbing for 30 seconds.
• Blood donation does not impact or weaken a donor’s immune system.
Due to the nature of the virus, it is highly unlikely that it can be transmitted through blood transfusions—there are no reported cases.
Currently, Vitalant is telling people not to donate if they have visited specific countries within the past 28 days or have been exposed to someone suspected of having a COVID-19 infection.
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