Call for blood donations in WA as levels dip to lowest in years
Bloodworks Northwest is sounding the alarm again about a critical need for blood as their supply is currently hanging by a thread.
“I’ve been in transfusion medicine for many decades, and I’ve never seen anything like this,” said Vicki Finson with Bloodworks Northwest.
Finson says Bloodworks currently has less than half a day’s supply and cannot fill all hospital orders.
“For the last even several months, we, most of the time, have been triaging all hospital orders to ensure that we have blood everywhere. We serve from Bellingham all the way down to Eugene. And also making sure that the trauma centers have what they need, knowing that any day they could have multiple victims who need lots of blood transfusion,” Finson says.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/wellness/call-for-blood-donations-in-wa-as-levels-dip-to-lowest-in-years/ar-AASBIsF
