Blood Assurance, the only provider of blood products for more than 50 hospitals and health care communities, is operating on less than a two-day supply of type O negative blood. This universal type can be given to patients with any blood type in emergency situations.
There is also a community shortage of type O positive blood, the most common blood type. Donors who do not know their blood type can call Blood Assurance at (800) 962-0628 or present a photo ID at any area blood drive.
Summer shortages are a frequent occurrence at blood centers across the country. The average donor gives blood just twice each year. According to America’s Blood Centers, if eligible donors gave blood just one additional time each year blood shortages would be rare.
Donors must be at least 17 years old (16 years old with parental consent) and weigh at least 110 pounds. Donors are eligible to give blood every 56 days. A list of area blood drives can be found at www.bloodassurance.org/blooddrives.
Local News
August 10, 2012
Community blood supply in need of O+, O- donors
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Police and Fire Games: Dalton firefighter snags second place
Mason Martin, back right, cheers on his mother, Serena Martin, an officer with the Dalton Police Department, as she pushes a patrol car as part of an obstacle course to determine the “Toughest Overall” during the Georgia Police and Fire Games on Monday at the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Department’s firing range. (Misty Watson/The Daily Citizen)
A seasoned Dalton firefighter placed second in the Toughest Overall Competitor event at the Police and Fire Games in Dalton on Monday.
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