American Red Cross Blood Services is Prepared for the Year 2000; Asks You to Join the 1200 Blood Donors Who Keep the Commitment to Give Daily Through The Holiday Season.Assignment Editors/Health/Medical Writers PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 28, 1999 The American National Red Cross, through its Penn-Jersey Blood Services Region, is the major supplier of blood to more than 100 hospitals in New Jersey and southeastern Pennsylvania and has announced it is prepared for the Year 2000. "Today, almost all aspects of blood collection, processing and manufacturing are dependent on technology, and we have spent significant resources to ensure that we are prepared when the turn of the century comes," said Stanley C. Roberts, chief executive officer of the Penn-Jersey Region. "Volunteer blood donors and patients in need of blood should feel confident the Red Cross will be there throughout the holiday season and into the New Year." The Red Cross's state-of-the-art blood center, which houses the regional blood supply, a national testing laboratory and a blood serology Serology The division of biological science concerned with antigen-antibody reactions in serum. It properly encompasses any of these reactions, but is often used in a limited sense to denote laboratory diagnostic tests, especially for syphilis. laboratory serving hospitals nationwide, contains a number of automated systems. The Penn-Jersey Region reviewed more than 2,700 pieces of equipment since 1997 and spent more than $400,000 to upgrade or replace systems to prepare for the turn of the century. A project team at the American National Red Cross coordinated the effort to certify cer·ti·fy v. cer·ti·fied, cer·ti·fy·ing, cer·ti·fies v.tr. 1. a. To confirm formally as true, accurate, or genuine. b. the computer system that tracks a unit of blood from donor to patient in all 37 Red Cross blood regions across the country. For other equipment, such as critical building systems, refrigeration refrigeration, process for drawing heat from substances to lower their temperature, often for purposes of preservation. Refrigeration in its modern, portable form also depends on insulating materials that are thin yet effective. and alarm systems, the Red Cross brought in technicians to perform the evaluation and certification, or received compliance statements from the equipment manufacturers. Because of the critical nature of the blood supply, Red Cross normally operates with a number of back-up systems. For example, electrical power is supplied from two separate generating stations and is protected by an in-house generator, and that is backed up internally. Like other organizations in the area, the Red Cross has a checklist of activities that will be performed both before and after midnight to ensure normal operations Generally and collectively, the broad functions that a combatant commander undertakes when assigned responsibility for a given geographic or functional area. Except as otherwise qualified in certain unified command plan paragraphs that relate to particular commands, "normal operations" of . But even in this era of high-tech vigilance VIGILANCE. Proper attention in proper time. 2. The law requires a man who has a claim to enforce it in proper time, while the adverse party has it in his power to defend himself; and if by his neglect to do so, he cannot afterwards establish such claim, the , old-fashioned generosity still makes the difference. Red Cross asks donors to keep the commitment to give blood this holiday season. The nation's blood supply is at its lowest during a typical winter holiday season. This year, the added distractions of Y2K See Y2K problem and Y2K compliant. Y2K - Year 2000 and millennium celebrations could keep even more donors from helping as they intend. There is still no substitute for a blood donation “Give blood” redirects here. For other uses, see Give blood (disambiguation). Blood donation is a process by which a blood donor voluntarily has blood drawn for storage in a blood bank, generally for subsequent use in a blood transfusion. . Nearly 1200 blood donors are each weekday, even during the holiday season, to save lives. Red Cross asks donors to please keep the commitment to give this holiday season. For more information about where to give blood in New Jersey and southeastern Pennsylvania, call the American Red Cross American Red Cross: see Red Cross. at 1-800-GIVE LIFE or visit www.pleasegiveblood.org. |
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