The Regional Hemotherapy Center will promote voluntary and habitual donation and will collect blood from all groups and factors on Thursday 25 in the city of Metán.
The mobile to receive the donations will be located in front of the Federico Gauffin Cultural and Institutional Center, located on 9 de Julio Avenue, between 8 and 13.
Volunteers are requested to attend unaccompanied to avoid the concentration of people, carry an identity document, not be fasting and hydrate sufficiently.
Who can donate
· People between 16 and 65 years of age,
With a minimum body weight of 50 kilos,
· No history of heart, lung, liver, chagasic, oncological, infectious or other potentially risky disease for the recipient.
They cannot be donors
Pregnant or breastfeeding women
Those who have undergone surgery in the last 12 months
· Those who have had a piercing or tattoo in the last 12 months.
· Those who have had an endoscopy or colonoscopy in the last six months.
Other data
· People who have received the COVID-19 vaccine can donate 72 hours after inoculation, if they do not have symptoms.
· Those who have had COVID-19 and have overcome the disease, can donate after 14 days of being discharged.
· Those who have received antibiotic medication must wait 14 days from the last dose.
· A person can donate blood with a minimum interval of two months. Men can do it up to four times a year, and women up to three times.
· Red blood cells can be kept refrigerated for 35 days; platelets, 5 days in constant agitation at 22 degrees; plasma, 1 year at -40 degrees. This is why donors are permanently needed.
Before making the donation, the volunteer receives clear and precise information, a confidential interview is carried out and a medical professional carries out the clinical control, consisting of taking the pulse, blood pressure, temperature and hemoglobin level.
If the person is able to donate, the extraction is carried out, following strict biosafety regulations.
In the campaigns of the Regional Hemotherapy Center, CUCAI Salta staff informs those present about the donation of bone marrow for transplantation to people with blood diseases, such as leukemia, thalassemia and others.
Likewise, it registers potential donors, who must provide a unit of blood for its study and determination of genetic data.
Donor need
The Ministry of Public Health reminds the population of the importance of being regular, spontaneous and voluntary donors, without the need for blood for a family member or close friends.
There is a demand for blood for patients throughout the province at all times. Without people who contribute voluntarily, it is impossible to meet the needs, which is a serious problem.
For this reason, people over 16 years of age in good health are invited to donate spontaneously, attending the Regional Hemotherapy Center, Bolívar 687, from Monday to Friday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., or on Saturdays, from 7 to 12. For more information, you can call 4215020.
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