More blood donors also are sought to help prevent a summer shortage. At the same time, collection events continue to be canceled as many businesses and community organizations remain closed.
In recent weeks, hospital demand for those products has grown by 30% after sharply declining in early April amid the rapidly changing and complex public health crisis. While the coronavirus pandemic continues to be a concern, it is accompanied by an ongoing urgent need for donations as hospitals resume surgeries and treatments that require blood products. Next Tuesday, 2 to 6:30 p.m., Surry American Red Cross building, 844 Westlake Drive, Mount Airy.to 5 p.m., Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, 1432 Highway 21, State Road to 2:30 p.m., Level Cross United Methodist Church, 4080 Siloam Road, Dobson Friday, 3 to 7:30 p.m., Brown Mountain Baptist Church, 2269 NC 66-North, Westfield.Friday, noon to 4:30 p.m., Lowe’s Home Improvement of Mount Airy, 692 S.That will be the case with blood donation opportunities scheduled across Surry County for the remainder of this month, at these locations and times released by Wilkes: “If you are feeling healthy and well, please schedule an appointment to not only help save lives but also learn about your potential exposure to COVID-19.” “As an organization dedicated to helping others, the Red Cross is pleased to provide more information about COVID-19 to our valued donors,” Goodhue said in a statement. Erin Goodhue, executive medical director of direct patient care with the Red Cross Biomedical Services, also addressed that point: ”As a humanitarian organization, we are committed to helping others in meaningful ways during this pandemic,” it says.ĭr. On Monday Wilkes provided explanatory information from the Red Cross as to why the testing was being done. The Red Cross is not testing donors to diagnose illness, referred to as a diagnostic test. The testing has been authorized for emergency use by the U.S. A positive antibody test outcome does not confirm infection or immunity.ĬOVID-19 antibody test results will be available within seven to 10 days via the Red Cross Blood Donor App or donor portal at. The new COVID-19 procedure began last week and is to be in place for a limited time by the nation’s primary blood-collection agency.Īntibody testing will indicate if a donor’s immune system has produced antibodies to the coronavirus, regardless of whether they developed symptoms.ĭonations are being tested using samples pulled at the time of a donor visit and sent to a testing laboratory, where they also will undergo routine infectious disease testing. This is providing donors insight as to whether they have been exposed to the coronavirus, according to an announcement from Lynn Wilkes of the Greater Carolinas Blood Services Region of the Red Cross, which covers Surry County. The process of giving blood now includes something extra: the testing of all blood, platelet and plasma donations for COVID-19 antibodies by the American Red Cross.
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