tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28936209217066547282023-06-20T16:36:04.992+03:00Platelet Donation - Saving livesRaising awareness about donating platelets.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893620921706654728.post-53388531990886708942010-02-18T18:32:00.023+02:002010-02-22T00:41:32.161+02:00Donating Platelets<div align="left"><span style="color: #006600; font-weight: bold;"></span></div><div align="left">Many of us are aware of blood donations but unaware that we can donate platelets.<br />
Our cause seeks to provide information about platelet donations (<span class="content">Apheresis (ay-fur-ee-sis)) </span> and raise funds to help finance donation centers and ultimately, SAVE LIVES.</div><span style="color: #006600; font-weight: bold;"></span><br />
<div align="left"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">What are platelets?</span></span></div><div align="left">Platelets are a blood component which helps form clots to stop bleeding.</div><span style="color: #006600; font-weight: bold;"></span><br />
<div align="left"><span style="color: #006600; font-weight: bold;">Who needs platelets?</span></div><div align="left">Patients being treated for cancer, leukemia or other serious diseases. <span class="content">Many lifesaving medical treatments require platelet transfusions. Cancer patients, those receiving organ or bone marrow transplants, victims of traumatic injuries, and patients undergoing open heart surgery require platelet transfusions to survive.</span> <br />
<div class="content">Because platelets can be stored for only five days, the need for platelet donations is vast and continuous.</div><span style="color: #006600; font-weight: bold;"></span><br />
<div align="left"><span style="color: #006600; font-weight: bold;">Who can donate platelets?</span></div><div align="left">If you are in good health, age 17 or older, and meet other blood donor criteria. The criteria are nearly the same as those for donating blood.<br />
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<div align="left"><span style="color: #006600; font-weight: bold;">How often can I donate platelets?</span></div><div align="left">Each country's health ministry has its own regulations but as a general rule you can donate platelets every 8 weeks and up to 24 times a year.<br />
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<div align="left"><span style="color: #006600; font-weight: bold;">How long does it take to donate platelets?</span></div><div align="left">A platelet donation takes about two hours.<br />
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<div align="left"><span style="color: #006600; font-weight: bold;">Is donating platelets safe?</span></div><div align="left">Yes! The donation does not significantly decrease the number of platelets in your body and the donated platelets are quickly replenished. All medical equipment is sterile and used once only. Medical staff always monitor donors.<br />
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<div align="left"><span style="color: #006600; font-weight: bold;">How does it work?</span></div><div align="left">The process is the same as a blood donation except that it takes a little longer. You register, have your blood pressure and a blood sample checked and then donate. It is that simple! Many donation centers have TVs and WiFi access, so you may relax or work while saving a life.</div><br />
</div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893620921706654728.post-17859425469755055652009-02-02T16:31:00.002+02:002010-02-23T19:52:05.099+02:00Donation Centres in Scotland<span xmlns=""><br />
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<tr style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(155, 187, 89);"><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(155, 187, 89); padding: 1px 9px;" valign="middle"><span style="color: white;"><b>Aberdeen</b></span></td><td style="border-color: rgb(155, 187, 89) rgb(155, 187, 89) rgb(155, 187, 89) -moz-use-text-color; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 1px;"><span style="color: white;"><b>Dundee</b></span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color rgb(155, 187, 89) rgb(155, 187, 89); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 1px 9px;">Blood Donor Centre<br />
<br />
Foresterhill Road<br />
<br />
Aberdeen<br />
<br />
AB25 2ZW<br />
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Tel: 01224 685 685</td><td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color rgb(155, 187, 89) rgb(155, 187, 89) -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 1px;" valign="middle">Blood Donor Centre<br />
<br />
Level 8<br />
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Ninewells Hospital<br />
<br />
Dundee<br />
<br />
DD1 9SY<br />
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Tel: 01382 645 166<br />
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<tr style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(155, 187, 89);"><td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color rgb(155, 187, 89) rgb(155, 187, 89); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 1px 9px;" valign="middle"><span style="color: white;"><b>Edinburgh</b></span></td><td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color rgb(155, 187, 89) rgb(155, 187, 89) -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 1px;"><span style="color: white;"><b>Glasgow</b></span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color rgb(155, 187, 89) rgb(155, 187, 89); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 1px 9px;">Blood Donor Centre<br />
41 Lauriston Place<br />
Edinburgh<br />
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EH3 9HB<br />
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Tel: 0131 536 5360</td><td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color rgb(155, 187, 89) rgb(155, 187, 89) -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 1px;"><br />
Blood Donor Centre<br />
<br />
8 Nelson Mandela Place<br />
<br />
Glasgow<br />
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G2 1BT<br />
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Tel: 0141 357 7700</td></tr>
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Raigmore Hospital<br />
<br />
Inverness<br />
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IV2 3UJ<br />
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Tel: 01463 705 315</td><td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color rgb(155, 187, 89) rgb(155, 187, 89) -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 1px;"></td></tr>
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<tr style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(155, 187, 89);"><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(155, 187, 89); padding: 1px 9px;" valign="middle"><span style="color: white;"><b>Birmingham</b></span></td><td style="border-color: rgb(155, 187, 89) rgb(155, 187, 89) rgb(155, 187, 89) -moz-use-text-color; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 1px;"><span style="color: white;"><b>Bradford</b></span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color rgb(155, 187, 89) rgb(155, 187, 89); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 1px 9px;" valign="middle">3rd Floor,<br />
65 New Street,<br />
Birmingham,<br />
B2 4DU<br />
Tel: 0121 253 8220<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
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<a href="http://www.blood.co.uk/platelets/pdf/National%20Blood%20Service-Heart%20Branded-New%20Street-Birmingham_col.PDF" target="_blank" title="Map PDF"><span style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">Map (PDF, 175K)</span></a></td><td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color rgb(155, 187, 89) rgb(155, 187, 89) -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 1px;" valign="middle">Rawson Road,<br />
Bradford,<br />
BD1 3SH<br />
Tel: 01274 308 450<br />
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<tr style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(155, 187, 89);"><td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color rgb(155, 187, 89) rgb(155, 187, 89); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 1px 9px;" valign="middle"><span style="color: white;"><b>Brentwood</b></span></td><td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color rgb(155, 187, 89) rgb(155, 187, 89) -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 1px;"><span style="color: white;"><b>Bristol</b></span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color rgb(155, 187, 89) rgb(155, 187, 89); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 1px 9px;" valign="middle">Crescent Drive,<br />
Brentwood,<br />
Essex,<br />
CM15 8DP<br />
Tel: 01277 306 000<br />
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Bristol,<br />
BS10 5ND<br />
Tel: 0117 991 2000<br />
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<tr style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(155, 187, 89);"><td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color rgb(155, 187, 89) rgb(155, 187, 89); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 1px 9px;" valign="middle"><span style="color: white;"><b>Cambridge</b></span></td><td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color rgb(155, 187, 89) rgb(155, 187, 89) -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 1px;"><span style="color: white;"><b>Edgware</b></span></td></tr>
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Cambridge<br />
CM2 0PT<br />
Tel: 01223 548 000<br />
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Edgware Community Hospital<br />
Burnt Oak Broadway<br />
Edgware<br />
Middlesex<br />
HA8 0AD<br />
Tel: 0208 437 1701<br />
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<tr style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(155, 187, 89);"><td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color rgb(155, 187, 89) rgb(155, 187, 89); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 1px 9px;" valign="middle"><span style="color: white;"><b>Gloucester</b></span></td><td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color rgb(155, 187, 89) rgb(155, 187, 89) -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 1px;"><span style="color: white;"><b>Leeds – Bridle Path</b></span></td></tr>
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Gloucester,<br />
GL1 3HF<br />
Tel: 01452 361800<br />
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Leeds,<br />
LS15 7TW<br />
Tel: 0113 214 8686<br />
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<tr style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(155, 187, 89);"><td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color rgb(155, 187, 89) rgb(155, 187, 89); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 1px 9px;" valign="middle"><span style="color: white;"><b>Lancaster</b></span></td><td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color rgb(155, 187, 89) rgb(155, 187, 89) -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 1px;"><span style="color: white;"><b>Leicester</b></span></td></tr>
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Ashton Road, Lancaster,<br />
LA1 4GT<br />
Tel: 01524 306250<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
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Leicester,<br />
LE1 4SJ<br />
Tel: 0116 262 6238<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
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<tr style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(155, 187, 89);"><td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color rgb(155, 187, 89) rgb(155, 187, 89); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 1px 9px;" valign="middle"><span style="color: white;"><b>Liverpool</b></span></td><td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color rgb(155, 187, 89) rgb(155, 187, 89) -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 1px;"><span style="color: white;"><b>Luton</b></span></td></tr>
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2 Moorfields,<br />
Liverpool,<br />
L2 2BS<br />
Tel: 0151 227 1230<br />
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<a href="http://www.blood.co.uk/platelets/pdf/National%20Blood%20Service-Heart%20Branded-Liverpool_col.pdf" target="_blank" title="Map PDF"><span style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">Map (PDF, 155K)</span></a></td><td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color rgb(155, 187, 89) rgb(155, 187, 89) -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 1px;">St Georges Square,<br />
Bridge Street,<br />
Bedfordshire,<br />
LU1 2NF<br />
Tel: 0158 268 1900<br />
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<tr style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(155, 187, 89);"><td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color rgb(155, 187, 89) rgb(155, 187, 89); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 1px 9px;" valign="middle"><span style="color: white;"><b>Manchester – Norfolk House</b></span></td><td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color rgb(155, 187, 89) rgb(155, 187, 89) -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 1px;"><span style="color: white;"><b>Manchester – Plymouth Grove</b></span></td></tr>
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Brown Street,<br />
Manchester,<br />
M2 1DW<br />
Tel: 0161 251 5101<br />
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<a href="http://www.blood.co.uk/platelets/pdf/National%20Blood%20Service-Heart%20Branded-Norfolk%20House-Manchester_col.pdf" target="_blank" title="Map PDF"><span style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">Map (PDF, 165K)</span></a></td><td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color rgb(155, 187, 89) rgb(155, 187, 89) -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 1px;">Plymouth Grove,<br />
Manchester,<br />
M13 9LL<br />
Tel: 0161 251 4278/4218<br />
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Derriford Road,<br />
Plymouth,<br />
PL6 8DH<br />
Tel: 01752 61 7815<br />
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</td><td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color rgb(155, 187, 89) rgb(155, 187, 89) -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 1px;">Boots The Chemist,<br />
The Dolphin Centre,<br />
190-196 High Street,<br />
Poole,<br />
Dorset,<br />
BH15 1SX<br />
Tel: 01202 683125<br />
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<tr style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(155, 187, 89);"><td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color rgb(155, 187, 89) rgb(155, 187, 89); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 1px 9px;" valign="middle"><span style="color: white;"><b>Sheffield</b></span></td><td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color rgb(155, 187, 89) rgb(155, 187, 89) -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 1px;"><span style="color: white;"><b>Southampton</b></span></td></tr>
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Church Street,<br />
Sheffield,<br />
S1 2GN<br />
Tel: 0114 203 4703<br />
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Southampton,<br />
SO16 5AF<br />
Tel: 02380 29 6708<br />
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<a href="http://www.blood.co.uk/platelets/pdf/National%20Blood%20Service-Heart%20Branded-Southampton_col.pdf" target="_blank" title="Map PDF"><span style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">Map (PDF, 168K)</span></a></td></tr>
<tr style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(155, 187, 89);"><td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color rgb(155, 187, 89) rgb(155, 187, 89); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 1px 9px;" valign="middle"><span style="color: white;"><b>Stoke</b></span></td><td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color rgb(155, 187, 89) rgb(155, 187, 89) -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 1px;"><span style="color: white;"><b>Tooting</b></span></td></tr>
<tr style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"><td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color rgb(155, 187, 89) rgb(155, 187, 89); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 1px 9px;" valign="middle">Stoke on Trent,<br />
The old Vicarage,<br />
Belmont Road,<br />
Etruria,<br />
Stoke on Trent,<br />
ST1 4BT<br />
Tel: 01782 284600<br />
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<a href="http://www.blood.co.uk/platelets/pdf/National%20Blood%20Service-Heart%20Branded-Stoke_col.pdf" target="_blank" title="Map PDF"><span style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">Map (PDF, 169K)</span></a></td><td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color rgb(155, 187, 89) rgb(155, 187, 89) -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 1px;">75 Cranmer Terrace,<br />
Tooting,<br />
London,<br />
SW17 0RB,<br />
Tel: 0208 258 8368<br />
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<a href="http://www.blood.co.uk/platelets/pdf/National%20Blood%20Service-Heart%20Branded-Tooting_col.pdf" target="_blank" title="Map PDF"><span style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">Map (PDF, 186K)</span></a></td></tr>
</tbody></table></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893620921706654728.post-35949626896264714472008-02-19T10:59:00.001+02:002010-02-22T00:41:47.705+02:00Donor Criteria<b>Note: </b>Different countries and donor centers may have different regulations.<br />
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In general, you have to meet the following criteria in order to donate platelets:<br />
<ul><li>You are over 17yrs of age</li>
<li>You weigh over 130lbs (55kgs) </li>
<li>You are generally healthy</li>
<li>You have not taken Aspirin or Aspirin related medication 24hrs prior to donating</li>
<li>You ...............</li>
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</ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com