Blood Banking

New York Blood Center experiencing blood shortage

Published in Blood Weekly, October 12th, 2006

New York Blood Center has reported a critical community-wide blood shortage given a dangerously low supply on blood on hand to serve close to 200 New York and New Jersey hospitals.

Potential donors in NYC, Long Island, New Jersey and the Hudson Valley are urged to call New York Blood Center or go to http://www.nybloodcenter.org/ to schedule a donation appointment as soon as possible.

"Our supply of blood was low all summer necessitating rationing to hospitals. But the situation grew worse in late August when donor rates were close to 30% behind goal," explained Dr. Robert Jones, President and CEO of New York Blood Center.

"We are...

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Source: Blood Weekly (2006-10-12)

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