Donors are also advised to apply muscle tension (usually by clenching and unclenching the fist) to maintain blood pressure. A phlebotomist will examine the arm to identify a suitable vein.

A person may serve as an organ donor only after being declared dead. (Until then, transplant surgeons are not allowed even to ...

Dayton-based Solvita rolled out its new procedures Sept. 1. Nico Schrenk of West Carrollton was one of the first people in the door that day to give blood. It was his first blood donation since 2013.

The actual drawing of whole blood takes about 10 minutes. In this article, we cover how long it takes to donate blood, how to prepare for a blood donation, what to expect from the procedure, and more.

For more information, visit bbh.org or call 808-848-4770. The Blood Bank of Hawaii is also hosting drives on the neighbor islands --- in Hilo on Jan. 17-19, Kona on Feb. 14-16, Maui on March 21-23 ...

It features eight screening rooms, a 15-bed phlebotomy area for donors, an additional five-bed apheresis section, and state-of-the-art laboratory testing, processing and storage equipment.

Typically, for each blood drive, the hospital sees between 15 and 20 donors. Each coming together to roll up their sleeves and make a difference.

TAMPA, Fla. — Among patients who underwent osteochondral allograft transplantation, failure of the procedure was not linked to mismatched donor-recipient blood types, a researcher said at ...

January is National Blood Donor Month and blood donations are more critical now than ever before. “COVID-19 has absolutely hurt our nation’s supply of blood.

According to the Baystate Health blood donor program, the average person can only donate one pint of blood in a single donation, and the shelf life lasts only 42 days. A steady flow of donors will ...