Throughout
the year, Mile Bluff Medical Center hosts a number of community blood drives. The events are a partnership between the medical
center and the Blood Center of Wisconsin - the sole supplier of blood products
to Mile Bluff.
Join
your friends, family, co-workers and neighbors, and do your part to help save
lives by coming to the next blood drive at Mile
Bluff. The event is scheduled for Monday,
June 15 and Tuesday, June 16 from 9 am to 1 pm both days.
Each
donation made at Mile Bluff could touch the lives of up to three people in the
community. At this drive, you will have the option to
make a whole blood donation (which is made up of red blood cells, platelets,
plasma and white blood cells), or you can give a dual red or platelet-only
donation. While a whole blood donation
will yield red blood cells and platelets, it would take two whole blood
donations to equal the same amount of red blood cells that can be found in a
single dual red cell donation. It would
take six units of whole blood to equal the same amount of platelets that are in
a single platelet-only donation.
You can
help someone in need. Make a blood
donation on June 15 and 16 during the drive at Mile Bluff Medical Center in
Mauston. To reserve your spot, call the
Blood Center of Wisconsin at 1-877-232-4376 to make an appointment. Walk-ins
are welcome.
Requirements
for being a blood donor:
* Must be 17 years or older (16-year-olds can
donate with parental consent)
* Must weigh at least 110 pounds
* Should be free of any cold, flu or allergy
symptoms the day of donation
* Must not have had hepatitis after age 11
* Should not have any risk factors associated
with HIV or AIDS
Tips to
remember the day you donate:
* Bring along a photo ID such as a driver’s
license.
* Drink plenty of fluids prior to and following
your donation.
* Avoid strenuous physical exercise until the
day following your donation.
