“ICHH Celebrates Second Anniversary of Successful Donor Point at Alcampo de Telde Shopping Center”

This fixed extraction point has registered a total of 6,051 effective donations in these two years

The Canary Islands Institute of Hemodonation and Hemotherapy (ICHH), dependent on the Ministry of Health of the Government of the Canary Islands, commemorates this Tuesday, May 2, the second anniversary of the launch of the donation point of the Alcampo de Telde Shopping Center, located next to lottery administration.

In these two years, this extraction room has registered 7,021 offers to donate blood, a figure that has materialized in 6,051 effective donations. In addition, 546 outings have been launched, obtaining an average donation per outing of 11.1 bags of blood.

Regarding the profile of the donor who has come to this space, 2,213 were men and 1,828 were women and, by age range, 1,094 donors were young people between 18 and 33 years old, 1,744 adults between 34 and 49 years old and, finally, , 1,203 people between the ages of 50 and 65 have donated blood in this extraction room.

On the other hand, the level of recruitment of this donation point, a parameter that records the number of donors who donate for the first time, is 204 new donors.

Requirements

To donate blood you can go directly or request an appointment by calling 012 or 928 301 012 (option 8), Monday through Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. or by filling in the form published on the website homepage efectodonacion.com.

Before going to donate, it is advisable to review the information published on this same web page in the Information and Protocol tabs, to familiarize yourself with the established security measures and the self-assessment test.

The ICHH also recalls that people vaccinated against covid-19, both with one and two doses and the booster dose, can donate blood 48 hours after inoculation.