Huelva Transfusion Center Organizes Last Day of Macro Collection of Blood and Plasma at Casa Colón

Last day of the macro collection of blood and plasma at the Casa Colón in Huelva. The Huelva Transfusion, Tissue and Cell Center organizes this Wednesday, after the success of Tuesday, the second of the two days to guarantee reserves and ensure supply to the hospitals, so that they can continue carrying out their care activity with total normality. This is the third this year, after those held before Holy Week, in March, and at the end of June.

The macro-collection will take place this Wednesday in the afternoon (from 4:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.). The Transfusion Center programs four campaigns of this type every year, a measure focused on facilitating blood donation on a regular basis. to get the 80 donations that are needed daily to cover blood requests generated from the health system.

Blood donation is an essential and indispensable practice to continue providing all the care that requires a transfusion. And, therefore, it is essential that citizens continue to donate in order to guarantee the supply of blood components to hospitals. It is also intended to increase the number of new donors, mainly among the young population, with a view to making blood donation a habit.

Along with this campaign, Huelva residents who want to support this solidarity practice can also go directly to the Transfusion Center, which is located on the grounds of the Juan Ramón Jiménez Hospital, open to the public Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m..

It is important to remember that blood donation does not pose any risk to health and that it is a gesture that saves lives, with women being able to donate three times a year and men four times a year, with a minimum interval of two months between donation and donation. donation. For its part, plasma can be donated every 14 days.

The requirements to donate are to have between 18 and 65 years old and weighing 50 kilograms or more, not suffer from anemia and not engage in risky practices that facilitate the spread of diseases, such as hepatitis, syphilis or AIDS.

Although the most in-demand blood group currently is A positive, Due to its special immunological characteristics, O negative is of great importance. In any case, the Transfusion Center emphasizes that all blood groups are essential for the transfusion needs of hospitals.