Despite having a brief B次元官网网址減re-faintB次元官网网址� moment, second year UVic student Hannah Norris would happily donate blood again.
Norris decide to give blood for the first time Jan. 21 after seeing a note about the daysB次元官网网址� blood drive scribbled on the board in her first class.
Every Monday Canadian Blood Services (CBS) closes their Saanich Road location and sets up a mobile donation clinic somewhere on the south island. CBS had six collection stations B次元官网网址� or B次元官网网址渂edsB次元官网网址滲次元官网网址� operating at UVic, one the largest mobile operations in Victoria. According to CBS Island Territory manager Ann Chabert, CBS usually counts on getting just under 40 litres of blood from 81 donors whenever they setup shop at UVic. They collect about half a litre per person, Chabert said.
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B次元官网网址淥ne of the huge advantages with UVic is we also have a target of new donors. Obviously donors age out or get a busy life when theyB次元官网网址檙e in their family planning stages,B次元官网网址� Chabert said. B次元官网网址淲e hope to recruit, find and educate donors to become life long donors after donating at UVic with their friends.B次元官网网址�
115 people came to the mobile clinic at UVic, and staff were confident that they would exceed their targets. Still, according to Chabert only 50 per cent of Canadians are eligible to donate blood, and overall only 4 per cent of Canadians are regular blood donors.
Vacation destinations, illnesses, and current medications can affect someoneB次元官网网址檚 ability to donate blood. The CBS website has the full information, and donors who register to give online can save time answering medical questionnaires as they register. That hastens the process at a donation centre, or save an unnecessary trip. Quite often, bans from donating blood are just temporary.
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For her part, Norris said she would recommended donating to her friends.
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A full list of mobile donation locations is avliable. UVic students who missed their chance today will have another oppertunity to doante B次元官网网址� or donate again B次元官网网址� on March 25.
jesse.laufer@oakbaynews.com
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