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Healthy Blood Donors ‘Urgently Needed’ For Hospital Patients As Coronavirus Spreads Healthy Blood Donors ‘Urgently Needed’ For Hospital Patients As Coronavirus Spreads
Healthy Blood Donors ‘Urgently Needed’ For Hospital Patients As Coronavirus Spreads With six confirmed coronavirus cases across the state (and counting), a number of national community blood service providers are urging healthy people to donate blood that could be lifesaving to current hospital patients. Officials with the AABB (formerly the American Association of Blood Banks) Interorganizational Task Force on Domestic Disasters and Acts of Terrorism say blood drives must continue to prevent a potentially disastrous shortage of healthy blood. “Hospitals will be extremely challenged if COVID-19 infections increase,” said Dr. Ralph Vassallo, chief medical and scientific off…

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by Valerie Musson