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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
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Storm Shuts Paramus, Montvale Blood Centers, Worsening Shortage Storm Shuts Paramus, Montvale Blood Centers, Worsening Shortage
Storm Shuts Paramus, Montvale Blood Centers, Worsening Shortage PARAMUS, N.J. – The winter storm forced Community Blood Services to close its collection centers – including those in in Montvale and Paramus – Thursday, worsening an already serious blood shortage. The non-profit that provides blood to 30 hospital locations also closed its collection centers in Lincoln Park and Parsippany and cancelled all scheduled blood donation events throughout the state. “In light of the state’s ongoing blood shortage, losing an entire day of collection is a very serious matter,” said Robert Kessler, director of Recruitment for Community Blood Services. “If we’re not …

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by Lauren Kidd Ferguson