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Blood supply
'is very tight'
With supplies of the major blood types used in tranfusions barely matching demand, the Fauquier Chapter of the American Red Cross has scheduled a bloodmobile for Thursday, March 9, at the Warrenton United Methodist Church from 12:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
The Washington Region, of which the Fauquier Chapter is a part, was in an emergency situation with regard to blood types O and B, both positive and negative, last month, according to Cindy Hdmade, blood services representative. At that time the Red Cross was unable to fill all orders from the approximately 39 hospitals in the region, and some elective surgery had to be postponed
While that situation has eased, say Ms. Hamade, she quotes Dr. James P. AuBuchon, Red Cross director of blood services as saying the “inventory is very tight.”
The Fauquier Hospital now is getting all the blood it requests, according to Mary Beth Waldeck, head of the blood lab, but she recalls that supplies "were real tight" in December and January.
With flu so prevalent, reducing the number of potential donors, George Borjes, chairman of the Fauquier Chapter’s blood services, worries that this community will not be able to keep up with the demand for blood unless new donors volunteer. As of last week, the chapter had collected 737 units (pints), 87 percent of the goal.
So, Mr. Borjes is hoping for a number of first-time donors at the Methodist Church Bloodmobile. A blood donor may be anyone 17 years or older who has not donated blood in the past two months.
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