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13 May 2010

Graham Employees Participate in Blood Drive

 

The combined Graham and CURRIES annual blood drive was held today in Mason City.

With a large number of employees giving, the Blood Center of Iowa's mobile blood drive unit was very busy throughout the day.

"It feels great to be able to help save a life. Today seems like any other normal work day, but when you think about what the simple act of giving blood will accomplish, that simple act makes today extraordinary," said one participant.

The blood drive is organized every year through the help of the CURRIES and Graham human resources department.

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Did You know...

  • Only 38 percent of the U.S. population is eligible to donate blood but less than 10 percent donate annually.
  • There is no substitute for human blood.
  • You cannot get AIDS or any other infectious disease by donating blood.
  • Healthy adults who are 16 years old and weigh at least 120 pounds may donate one pint of whole blood – the most common form of donation – every 56 days.
  • One unit of whole blood is roughly the equivalent of one pint.
  • About 1 in 7 people entering a hospital need blood
  • Females receive 53 percent of blood transfusions; males receive 47 percent.
  • One unit of blood can be separated into several components: red blood cells, plasma, platelets.
  • Fourteen lab tests (11 for infectious diseases) are performed on each unit of donated blood.