Urgent Need: Blood Drive This Morning In Walnut Hill

January 26, 2009

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You have the chance to give the gift of life at a blood drive this morning in Walnut Hill.

The blood drive will take place at the Walnut Hill Farm Supply at the corner of Highway 97 and South Highway 99 from 7:30 until 12:30.

There is a significant need for several blood types, including an urgent need for O+ and O-  blood types.

Requirements for giving blood are below.

  • Donors must be in generally good health
  • At least 17 years of age, without permission.  16-year olds are now allowed to donate with permission granted by parents or legal guardians.  See our home page for full details or click on the below link for a permission form:
  • Must bring picture ID
  • Weigh at least 110 lbs
  • 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
  • Additional FDA Restrictions effective May 31st 2002:
  • 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