Bloodmobile Is At Walnut Hill Farm Supply This Afternoon

June 9, 2008

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A community blood drive is going on this morning at the Walnut Hill Farm Supply.

The Northwest Florida Blood Services Bloodmobile will be at the store at the intersection of Highway 97 and South Highway 99 until 12:30 p.m.

There is a great need for blood donors of all types according to Sarah Noel from the blood center.

“The need for blood continues to increase as the ability to save and prolong lives increases,” she said. “At the same time the number of donors has not kept pace with the need for blood. Blood cannot be stockpiled. It must be constantly be replenished.”

“We have to ask and ask and ask because the need is very real. Please donate blood for it is the gift of life,” Noel added.

Donors must be in generally good health. Other requirements include:

  • At least 17 years of age
  • Must bring picture ID
  • Weigh at least 110 lb
  • Free of infection, fever or flu symptoms, for 3 days
  • No cancer within the last 5 years
  • No antibiotics within the last 48 hours
  • No tattoos within the past 12 months
  • No chest pain, heart disease, heart surgery (Requires written physician release with diagnosis)
  • No history of viral hepatitis
  • Cannot have lived in France for 5 years or more between 1980 and the present
  • Cannot have lived or visited in the UK for a total of 3 months or more from 1980 to 1996
  • Cannot have received a blood transfusion in the UK between 1980 and the present
  • Military personnel (current and former), and their dependents, who spent time in military bases in northern Europe during 1980-1990, or southern Europe during 1980-1996, for 6 months or more
  • All military personnel (active & reserve) that are returning from Iraq, are deferred for a period of 1 year after the last date on location in that country.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under Archive