Donating Blood: A Lifesaving Process
The event will take place at FOX 44's parking lot this Friday, June 13, located at 8803 Woodway Drive. Let's take a look at what happens to the blood after you donate.
Part of this process is the storing of the blood. At Carter BloodCare's Tyler Donation Center, its freezer is kept at 27 below zero. Clinton McCoy with Carter Bloodcare says the storage and processing of the donated blood is quite thorough.
'After donation, we bring it back to our processing center, so each donation is separated into red cell, plasma and platelets – those are the three components of human blood – and then each one of those can go to a different patient, so they're stored differently,' McCoy says. 'Temperatures are different for the storage of each of them, and we do infectious disease testing on each of the products. Then we have them ready and we ship them to hospitals as they order for the patients.'
The FOX 44/Carter BloodCare Blood Drive will start at 7:30 a.m. and run until 6:30 p.m. For as long as supplies last, each donor will receive a coupon for a free pint of Blue Bell Ice Cream – 'A Pint for a Pint'.
While no appointment is necessary, you can schedule an appointment online here. You can also scan the QR code below to sign up.
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