Aragon tries to collect blood reserves to face a summer vacation in which, especially, worry about the month of August. «It is par excellence the holiday period. Many people are away, most of the towns celebrate their festivals and the donation truck limits its trips, stopping many rural areas, “explains José María Domingo, technical director of the Aragón Blood and Tissue Bank, to this newspaper.
The low donation that is usually registered in August (also linked to the drop that is already observed in July) rdirectly affects the return of care activity to 100% in health centers in September. «We can arrive very committed and the first weeks can be even worse than the summer. All the operating rooms then return to full capacity and it is important to have stock», points out Domingo.
The importance of donating blood before the holidays is no longer just due to the fact that during the summer period sand cause more accidents due to the massive traffic on roads, but because In hospitals “life goes on” and there are specialties where they maintain “an exact routine” to that of any other time of the year. “Blood consumption does not go down. Beds will be closed because the staff have to go on rest, but, especially, lOncology and Hematology patients require blood every 15 or 30 days. That does not change, “says Domingo.
Right now, “no problem” in any hospital de Aragón, but the technical director warns: “As soon as the donation drops, that imbalance is very noticeable,” he says. “That is why it is important that the supportive and committed people of this community can go to the Blood Bank or to the different points of the hospitals to donate. Those are 20 or 30 minutes of your time that are going to be very valuable.», indica.
Pool campaign
Regarding reserves, the number of blood bags available is «reasonably well” because it comes from a period of “good collections and a great response” from the public. Still, the appeal is necessary given the period ahead. “There is never enough blood available, so we hope that donors don’t relax and stop coming,” says Domingo. Among the different campaigns, Aragon has released this summer one to donate in the pools which, for the moment, leaves good data. “We are satisfied,” he says.
The Miguel Servet hospital and the Clínico are the two centers with the most reservations, given their volume of activity, but the technical director guarantees that the availability of blood is “equitable” for the entire territory. «Teruel, Alcañiz, Calatayud or Barbastro have a significant stock. It is our legal and moral obligation to supply everyone equally », he points out. Of course, it points out thathen there is little blood «the criteria are very complicated to apply, but we try to be as fair as possible», points out Domingo, who insists on the importance of donating. «There is no difference between needing blood in rural or urban areas. Availability is guaranteed.
The technique of apheresis donation, in which only the blood components that are needed (red blood cells, platelets or plasma) are obtained, it is going “very well” in Aragon, although it is still “very unknown” among the population. “It is an exciting project and the Ministry of Health itself has launched a campaign, but it is a process that requires the patient to be online for an hour to the machine and we could still grow more”, points out Domingo. “It costs people to integrate it. Of course, there are those who do it once and repeat, “he points out.
2023-07-11 04:11:55
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