• Must be at least 16 years of age

• Weigh at least 110 pounds

• Pass a brief mini-physical and medical history review

• Follow normal eating patterns before donating

• Not made a whole blood donation in the last 8 weeks

• Bring Photo ID

Blood Donation Facts

1) EVERY TWO SECONDS, SOMEONE NEEDS BLOOD.

Every minute patients use more than 36 units of blood. Every day approximately 40,000 units of blood are used throughout the country. Despite the urgent need for more donors, less then 5 percent of healthy Americans actually donate each year.

2) THE BLOOD SUPPLY NEEDS CONSTANT REPLENISHMENT.

Every day more people are diagnosed with illnesses such as Cancer, Leukemia and Sickle Cell disease, all which utilized blood products for treatment. In treating chronic disease and illness, many people may require up to 200 units of blood.

3) GIVING BLOOD HAS HEALTH BENEFITS.

Each donor receives a free mini-physical that checks for anemia, body temperature, pulse and blood pressure. Donors also receive free cholesterol screening results with every blood donation.

4) INDIANA BLOOD CENTER PROVIDES BLOOD TO MORE THAN 60 HOSPITALS IN INDIANA.

On a daily basis, over 1,000 units of blood are needed to meet the needs of Indiana hospital patients. The Indiana Blood Center is a nonprofit community service organization that has served as the major provider of blood to Indiana hospitals since 1952.

5) BLOOD TYPES BY PERCENTAGE OF POPULATION.

A positive................36% AB positive................3%

A negative................6% AB negative...............1%

B positive.................9% O positive.................37%

B negative................1% O negative..................7%

6) COMMON OPERATIONS AND BLOOD USAGE:

Coronary bypass surgery...............1to5 units Auto accidents...................................up to 50 units

Other open-heat surgery................up to 25 units Bleeding ulcer.....................................3 to 30 units

Fractured hip/joint replacements.....2 to 5 units Abdominal aortic aneurysm................4 to 50 units

Brain surgery...................................4 to 100 units Bone marrow transplants...................up to 2 units daily

Organ transplants............................5 to 200 units Chronically transfused patients..........up to 4 units daily