They will collect blood from any Red Cross organization and factor

The Regional Hemotherapy Center (CRH) has organized a day to encourage regular donation and blood collection from any organization and factor in the Red Cross Salta branch.

The cell phone to receive donations will be in front of the institution, on Paz Chain Street, tomorrow, October 10, from 9 am to 5 pm.

• Volunteers are asked to bring identification, not to fast, and to stay hydrated.

At the time, CUCAI Salta staff will inform attendees about donating bone marrow for transplantation to people with blood diseases, such as leukemia, thalassemia and others. Likewise, donors will be registered.

Who can donate

• People between 16 and 65 years old, with a body weight of more than 50 kilos.
• No history of heart, lung, liver, cancer, oncological, infectious or other disease that could be dangerous or harmful to the recipient.

They cannot be donors

• Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding
• Those who have undergone surgery, endoscopy or colonoscopy in the last 6 months.
• Those who have had a tattoo or piercing in the last 6 months

Other information

• Those who have received the flu vaccine and are showing symptoms such as fever, body aches, etc., will be able to donate blood after 72 hours of receiving the vaccine.
• Those who have received antibiotic medication must wait 7 days from the last dose to administer it.
• People who have dengue can donate after three months.
• Those with dengue hemorrhagic fever can donate after six months.
• Those who live with people who have dengue symptoms must wait four weeks to donate.
• A person can donate blood with an interval of at least two months.

Before the donation is made, the volunteer receives clear and detailed information, a confidential interview is conducted and a medical professional performs the clinical control, including taking a pulse , blood pressure, temperature and hemoglobin level.

If the person is able to donate, the extraction will be done, following strict biosecurity rules.

A donor must

The Regional Hemotherapy Center reminds the public of the importance of having spontaneous and normal donors of all groups and RH factors, as the availability of blood components is not always sufficient to meet the demand of patients of all ages who need a transplant.

For more information, you can call (0387) 4215020. The Group’s website is https: //saludsalta.gob.ar/hemoterapia/