Community Blood Centers of South Florida Announces...Blood Supplies Are Adequate.News Editors LAUDERHILL, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 13, 2001 Blood Supplies Adequate -- Immediate Blood Donor Response to NYC NYC abbr. New York City NYC New York City and Washington DC Terrorist Attacks Overwhelming; Donors Being Urged to Postpone Non Scheduled Donations to Meet Expected Future Needs Tuesday's tragedy brought out the best public spirit and generosity of the people of South Florida and around the nation. Community Blood Centers of South Florida, Inc. (CBCSF CBCSF Community Blood Centers of South Florida ) collected thousands of blood donations in the first 48 hours after the disaster, more than five times its usual daily activity. Donors patiently waited for up to six hours while hundreds of people at each site were processed to donate. The Greater New York Blood Center New York Blood Center bills itself as the "nation's largest, community-based, non-profit, independent blood center." Founded in 1964, it relies upon a staff of 2,000 volunteers and a much smaller permanent staff in order to supply over 200 hospitals in New York and New Jersey with has announced that they have an adequate supply of blood to meet its entire emergency, and non-emergency, needs. "Currently, the hospital demand for blood has been met with our now abundant inventory of blood," explained Dr. Robert Jones Robert Jones may refer to
NYBC New York Bicycling Coalition NYBC National Yiddish Book Center President & CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , in a nationwide press release. The Greater New York Blood Center and CBCSF locally are now urging anyone without an appointment to donate at a previously scheduled blood drive to postpone donating this week and instead make a donation over the next several weeks as this crisis unfolds, medical needs evolve, and as victims recover and need additional blood. Scheduled donors should keep their appointments to donate since there is a continued need for blood components such as platelets and plasma as well as for Rh-negative blood types. All CBCSF Donor Centers will resume regular operation hours beginning on Friday, September 14, 2001. "It is critical that we do not create a situation where today's supplies are too abundant and future supplies are inadequate," said Dr. Bruce Lenes, M.D. The CBCSF Medical Director. "The new goal is to ensure that all blood inventories remain abundant for the weeks and months to come," he concluded. Those interested in making a future blood donation over the next few weeks are urged to contact CBCSF at 1-888-454-2362 or they may visit the CBCSF website at http://www.cbcsf.org. The website contains up-to-date information about donation dates, locations and operational hours. Blood donors must be at least age 17 years old, weigh at least 100 pounds for whole blood donations and 110 pounds for pheresis pheresis /phe·re·sis/ (fe-re´sis) apheresis. phe·re·sis n. Apheresis. pheresis any procedure in which blood is withdrawn from a donor, a portion (plasma, leukocytes, etc. donations and be in good general health. CBCSF was one of several blood centers in Florida that shipped Rh-negative blood units to New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. in the hours after the tragedy occurred. Additional supplies were offered to New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of hospitals and blood centers, but were declined as their supplies were deemed more than adequate to meet their needs. CBCSF is the region's largest non-profit community blood center, serving over 150 health care facilities in the four South Florida Counties. CBCSF again wishes to extend its deepest sympathy to all the victims and their families of this senseless catastrophe. CBCSF also wishes to commend and thank the thousands of local citizens that stepped forward to donate blood in this time of national tragedy. Please call 1-888-454-2362 to schedule a future blood donation or a blood drive. Additional information is available at http://www.cbcsf.org. |
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