Solid Blue Blood Drive

Kentucky Bloodcenter and ABC 36 are teaming up to help make a difference during the Corona-virus pandemic

C1 3 i welcome a great need for bloo donation conducted blood center in wtd are teaming up to her big blue fans a chance to receive a small blue t-shirt, all while helping the because many braille i think you so much.

The director of the marketing for kentucky blood center here to tell total about this and then immediately return this earlier.

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The right house for sure mattingly planted and it was with a different now atmosphere in mind and getting ready for march madness that you need actually became even more evident this week we had time to drive cancellation taste on schools closing defensive people are little bit scared although it is perfectly safe and absolutely needed to donate blood right now.

So were really encouraging everyone to come ou on monday or any day.

I'm to donate blood because with all the lots of drives were going t see a shortage happening across the country folks are watching this and maybe one other habitation.

Later we want to encourage people, it's not a public gathering of any type of very safe environment with the housekeeping measures were certainly sanitizing services and were always very cautious i an protecting our donors even more so during this time we provided many health screening when you arrive make sure that you're feeling in tip top shape to donate and they are happy an while the actual donation process really takes about 5 to 7 minute not a very long time where you're actually getting the pipeline on and then we want make sure he stay with us for a few minutes afterwards.

Make sure you feeling great.

We give you some facts.

Everyone comes enough for the cookies and things so we just want to make sure top to bottom in less than an hour and we really hope that you feel like when he walked other that you are a lifesaver and an not very often you can save up to three lives in less than our quite literally sendin lives something the sighting.

Sometimes gets lost in the was the this is just a you know nothing finger actually literally saving lives.

There's no place every human body can't manufacture it so if there are volunteer donors out there rolling up.

There's been this people live don't get saved and despite the pandemic people are in the hospital receiving cance treatment accidents happen in people.

The blood and so we need to be prepared and have blood o the shelf at the hospital so that when those things happen that is there for them, and so even though you know there's a lot of fear out there right now we know that time it still didn't have to have to take the well will have a chance to get out there roll up our sleeves and make sure that you cancer treatment.

The much-needed surgeries for people is a specific shortage when it comes to any particular website project generally the most type is yours.

We also say if your dinner certainly try to get out having a winner for that happened and we don't know the blood type of the patient, the first in a trance uses a negative idea can be given to any patient and so obviously when a stock that is much as possible, but every type is needed and so it doesn't matter if you don't know your blood type it to find out after we time be about a week after you donate, you can get online and looking through your blood type is which is interesting for some people don't know actually i mean we need every type of bloo right now help people understand what the shortages like the beginnings of muslim we say shortage people okay we always this uses a real deal.

We actually got several conference call this week with other blood centers across america and everyone saying the same thing work know the places whether normally going and getting blin and i'm having drive are close to their not having people come in from outside and so it's not just locally at the cost the country to where we could rely on other blood thinners to help supplement our sub light were all kind of in the same boat right now and no you know what you we hope that were continuin to provide all the blood it needed the hospital's that when push comes to shove, however long this goes on we don't see it as not being able to provide much needed at the hospital's that when accidents happen or no platelets.

Red blood cells plasma needed that we can provide that and so were you trying to prevent that right now the wind cannot on monday and eight to the client beaumont location, donor center were abl to also thought of donors over there's a come out you can get your audio limited edition i said it is only a t-shirt did not come on out me.

I'm a great library to take care of you and make it quick, easy and convenient opportunity to help life to register to show you can shop to welcome you can go online make up ky blood.org you can also on the morning of your donation.

Your health history questionnaire online and limit the amount of time here at the donor center.

Said another way, prevent your self from being exposed to too many people for too long as you go save a lot of weight options in dealing with the coronavirus was