Wednesday, February 03, 1999
Blood drive counting on Fairfield
Shortage still remembered
BY RANDY McNUTT
The Cincinnati Enquirer
FAIRFIELD — Considering the area's recent shortage of blood donations, this week's community blood drive is more important than usual.
It is set for 3-7 p.m. Thursday at the Fairfield firehouse, 375 Nilles Road.
“We went on an appeal for blood on Jan. 11,” said Heidi M. Gordon, spokeswoman for the Community Blood Center/Community Tissue Services in Dayton, Ohio. “We had to postpone elective surgeries for a whole week at our 26 hospitals. The blood supplies got low because of the bad weather, and in a few weeks our inventory was depleted.”
Although postponed surgeries are over and blood donations have increased, “we still need people to donate. We get nervous that we might not ... have enough blood. We need to continuously replenish our supplies,” Ms. Gordon said.
Donors must be 17 or old er, weigh at least 110 pounds and be in good health. They should bring a Community Blood Center donor identification card or some other identification showing a Social Security number.
Ms. Gordon said the Fairfield blood drives give the public an opportunity to donate blood close to where they live, instead of traveling to the Cen ter's office in Hamilton.
“This is the first drive this year,” said Pat Wurzelbacher of the Hamilton office. “Fairfield drives have a good turnout. They are always successful with the community.”
Fairfield's next blood drive will be April 1.
Ms. Gordon said the blood drives help keep regular donors on an eight-week cycle, the minimum waiting period between each eligible donation.
The Community Blood Center/Community Tissue Services is a non-profit, independent organization that provides blood products to 26 hospitals in Ohio and Indiana.
For more information, call 894-6966.
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