American Red Cross Says Blood Supply Crisis Not Over: Extra Blood Drives are Scheduled.Assignment Editors/Health/Medical Writers PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 6, 2000 Essex, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Mercer, Salem, Gloucester, Atlantic, Camden, Burlington, Cape May Cape May, city (1990 pop. 4,668), Cape May co., S N.J., on Cape May peninsula and the Atlantic Ocean; settled in the 1600s, inc. 1857. One of the nation's oldest beach resorts, it became known in the mid-19th cent. , Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery The Penn-Jersey Region of American Red Cross American Red Cross: see Red Cross. Blood Services said the area's blood shortage is far from over. After the Labor Day Labor Day, holiday celebrated in the United States and Canada on the first Monday in September to honor the laborer. It was inaugurated by the Knights of Labor in 1882 and made a national holiday by the U.S. Congress in 1894. weekend, hospital inventories of group O positive blood had actually dropped further to a system-wide deficit of nearly 1500 units. "The need for donations is urgent. Working closely with hospitals, we have very carefully managed our blood supply through the holiday weekend. Our holiday blood drives also helped, but our situation will get worse before it gets better. We ask our donors as they return from their summer vacations and get back to their normal schedules, to please give blood this week," said Brigid O'Neill-LaGier, chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of the Penn-Jersey Region of American Red Cross Blood Services. Extra blood drives are scheduled this week in many locations to make up for the shortfall. To find a blood drive, donors should call 1-800-GIVE LIFE (1-800-448-3543) or visit www.pleasegiveblood.org. O'Neill-LaGier said the demand for blood is growing faster across the country, stressing the nation's blood supply and causing real problems in the Greater Delaware Valley The Delaware Valley is the name of the metropolitan area centered on the city of Philadelphia in the United States. The region is named for the Delaware River which flows through it. and New Jersey where one in three units of blood transfused locally is donated by a volunteer at Red Cross blood center in another part of the country. As a result, hospitals in the area have had a shortage of group O positive blood, the most common and most used blood type, all summer long. "We will be working to increase the local blood supply in our area this year, encouraging donors to give not once, but at least twice a year, and asking new donors to join the effort," said O'Neill-LaGier. Extra bloodmobiles are scheduled in the area this weekend. Most healthy people who are at least 17 years old and who weigh 110 pounds or more are eligible to give blood. In New Jersey, seventeen-year-olds must bring an American Red Cross parental consent Parental consent laws (also known as parental involvement or parental notification laws) in some countries require that one or more parents consent to or be notified before their minor child can legally engage in certain activities. form signed by their parent or legal guardian to the blood drive. Federal regulations require donors to wait 56 days between donations. Please bring some form of ID. The American Red Cross delivers blood around the clock, and provides on-call medical and laboratory support to physicians and their patients in approximately 100 hospitals in southeastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey thanks to the generosity of healthy volunteer blood donors. BLOOD DRIVES SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2000 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Abington Presbyterian Church 1080 Old York Road York Road can refer to: Roads Asia
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