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today's needs
Blood Shortage
   Did you know...?
About every two seconds someone in the U.S. needs blood. That means, this many people have needed blood since you arrived here: 
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Battle of the Sexes contest: February 8 - 13 Monday, January 25»
Friday, January 15»
Wednesday, January 13» We would like to take this opportunity to thank our blood donors and remind our community that donating blood is safe for donors. All blood is collected using a sterile, single-use FDA-approved blood collection set. Prior to the collection, the donor’s skin is carefully disinfected. Collection staff are highly trained and are audited frequently to ensure no deviation from FDA-regulated protocols. It is extremely unlikely that an infection would occur as a result of donating blood. We have never heard of a case of blood or bone infection occurring from a blood donation. We would also like to remind our community that we are a nonprofit blood center. While donated blood is free, there are significant costs associated with collecting, testing, labeling, storing and shipping blood; recruiting and educating donors; and quality assurance. Like all blood centers, we charge processing fees to recover those costs. Patients at Stanford, Lucile Packard Children's, El Camino, El Camino Los Gatos, O'Connor, Palo Alto V.A. and Livermore V.A. Hospitals need blood donations every day. Our community's continued support with blood donations is pivotal for their welfare. Friday, January 8»
From left: Brenden Johnson, Kevin Carpol, Michael Carpol, Reed Christensen, Elisabeth Ellsworth, and Heidi Winner.
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