The Regional Hemotherapy Center It calls on the Salta community to come and donate blood at its headquarters on Bolívar Street or at the external collections that are made with the Agency’s cell phone.
From the Regional Hemotherapy Center, it was reported that in the last two weeks the number of donors decreased significantly, to which was added an increase in the number of patients who entered the healthcare services.
There is a decrease in the usual stock of blood components, that is, red blood cells, plasma, platelets and cryoprecipitate.
For this reason, all people who are able to donate are asked to attend, with an identity document and without fasting, to the Regional Hemotherapy Center, Bolívar 687.
It is remembered that with each donation, a person can save four lives, since they can also register as a possible bone marrow donor; What should motivate you to donate is to think that it is a human and supportive act, because blood cannot be produced artificially, it can only be obtained from people who donate it.
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, Chagas disease, 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 information
People who have received the COVID-19 vaccine can donate 72 hours after inoculation, if they do not present 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 should 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.
Before the donation is made, 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 pulse, blood pressure, temperature and hemoglobin level.
If the person is in a position to donate, the extraction is carried out, following strict biosafety regulations.
