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Our Services | Medical Services | Donate Blood
Donate Blood…Today!
By making an appointment to donate blood, you're helping us to maintain adequate supplies of blood for our patients and for use during emergency situations.
Raritan Bay Medical Center maintains its blood supply through community and employee donation and by purchasing blood from New Jersey Blood Centers. Traditionally blood supply is at its lowest point during the first few months of the new year because people don't give blood during the holidays or during flu season.
The Facts…
Blood donation is a safe and easy way to save lives.
- Most healthy individuals who weigh 110 lbs. or more, ages 17 to 66 and have never had hepatitis are good candidates to give blood.
- It is not possible to acquire any disease through the donation process.
- The process used to draw blood (Phlebotomy) is monitored through strict guidelines set by the Federal Food & Drug Administration, the State Health Department, the American Association of Blood Banks, the College of American Pathology and the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Hospitals
- There are three different types of donations…
- Allogeneic is a general donation made for anyone,
- Autogeneic is saving blood for oneself
- Directed is made by someone for a friend or family member.
How to Donate Blood at Raritan Bay Medical Center.
- Prospective donors should eat four hours prior to visit and should avoid fatty foods
- Before donating a registration card is filled out, which includes medical history. Temperature, blood pressure, pulse and hemoglobin (amount of respiratory protein present in red blood cells) are taken.
- The entire donation process usually only takes one hour to complete.
- Donors give a little less than 1 pint of blood, which is typed, tested for pathogens (disease) and separated into red cells and plasma.
- A card is sent to your home to announce blood type.
Blood donors are welcome, by appointment, at the Perth Amboy Division. The hours for blood donations are 10AM to 2PM, seven days a week. For an appointment call (732) 324-5143.
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