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Two North Escambia Blood Drives This Week
August 8, 2011
Northwest Florida Blood Service’s Bloodmobile will be in two North Escambia area locations this week:
- Friday, 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Harvesters Federal Credit Union, 480 South Highway 29 in Cantonment.
- Saturday, 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. at Fran’s Country Grill, 5539 North Highway 29 in Molino.
Northwest Florida Blood Services is the exclusive provider of blood products to more than 24 area hospitals who need 175 blood donations a day. Each donation can save up to three lives.
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.
- 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
- 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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Blood drive August 15th noon until 6pm at D. W. McMillan Memorial Hospital. Please come out and donate, Northwest Florida Blood Services supplies our hospital with the blood we use for our patients.
Please donate blood if you are able to…it can save someone’s life! The someone could even be someone you know or a family member. It only takes a few minutes of your time. There is no cost involved, and you will be doing something very important.