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To schedule an appointment to donate badly needed blood, go to redcrossblood.org (https://www.redcrossblood.org/) and use the sponsor code THETROLLEYBARN.
To protect us donors, the Red Cross is following these safety procedures, some of which are standard and some heightened:
- Checking the temperature of staff and donors before entering a drive to make sure they are healthy
- Providing hand sanitizer for use before the drive, as well as throughout the donation process
- Spacing beds to follow social distancing practices between blood donors
- Increasing enhanced disinfecting of all surfaces and all equipment
- Routinely wiping down donor-touched areas
- Wearing gloves and changing gloves with each donor
- Using sterile collection sets for every donation
- Preparing the arm for donation with an aseptic scrub
You can find an infographic on the Red Cross safety precautions at bit.ly/redcrossprecautions. You can read a letter from the Red Cross medical director at bit.ly/redcrossletter.
Please consider donating blood. If you have questions or concerns, you may direct them to Jim Abbot, [email protected] or 404-281-0638. Thank you.
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