Darmstadt
Improving the health and quality of life of those around you with reliable analytics is the daily goal of the employees of the biotechnology company R-Biopharm. Today they put their whole bodies into action and became lifesavers: A total of 66 men and women followed the impulse from the workforce and donated their blood at R-Biopharm’s headquarters. For this purpose, the DRK blood donation service Baden-Württemberg – Hessen had set up its equipment in three offices. Well-prepared, those willing to donate gradually came from their workplaces – they had eaten well and drunk at least one and a half liters of water. In the mobile blood donation center, thanks to professional preparation and organization by the DRK, they went through the necessary stations in a calm and concentrated atmosphere – from registration to the doctor’s consultation to blood collection and the short rest that followed.
“Only three percent of all people donate blood, while 80 percent are dependent on a blood supply themselves at some point”
The warning from the Red Cross that the supply of blood was not secured in the long term was a shock last summer and found its way into discussions with employees at R-Biopharm. The idea of a blood donation appointment at her workplace was quickly born. More than 100 colleagues had signaled their willingness to do so in an anonymous survey – and stayed with it. When the date was set and the online reservation for the 66 available places was activated, they were fully booked after a short time.
A response that surprised even the Red Cross and more than met the requirements for blood donation campaigns in the workplace. “Only three percent of all people in Germany donate blood, while around 80 percent are dependent on a blood supply at some point in their lives. In Hesse and Baden-Württemberg alone, more than 2,700 blood supplies are needed every day to adequately equip hospitals, because blood is cannot be produced artificially and has a shelf life of just a few days,” says Pia Frank, donor retention officer at the DRK blood donation service in Baden-Württemberg – Hesse. “During the crazy time, supply is sometimes difficult because we have to compete particularly hard with other events and there are fewer halls for blood donations. We are all the more pleased about R-Biopharm’s commitment to sensitizing its employees to the topic and to give us the opportunity to do a blood donation on site.”
R-Biopharm also sees the blood donation campaign day as a complete success. “We are enthusiastic about the commitment of our employees,” says Christian Dreher, CEO of R-Biopharm. “The fact that this opportunity to ‘save lives’ met with such great interest among our workforce – we had more interested parties than available blood donation places – fills me with pride. This was definitely not the last blood donation campaign at R-Biopharm.”
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