DCH, Hoxworth Teaming Up For Blood Drive May 14

Press release from Dearborn County Hospital Dearborn County Hospital’s upcoming blood drive, in association with the Hoxworth Blood Center, will be on Thursday, May 14, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the conference rooms of the hospital, 600 Wilson Creek Road, Lawrenceburg. “We hope to see a good turnout at DCH,” stated Alecia Lipton, Hoxworth Community Relations Manager.  “Local blood donations ensure that patients at 30 Greater Cincinnati area hospitals receive the lifesaving blood products they need to survive.” Blood donors must be 17 years of age or older (16 years of age with the appropriate signed parental consent form) and weigh at least 110 pounds.  Donors must wait a minimum of eight weeks between blood donations or 16 weeks if they have participated in the Automated Double Red Cell donation.  Women who are pregnant may not donate.  Persons who have been tattooed in the State of Indiana must wait 12 months from the date of tattooing to donate. Persons who have tested HIV positive, injected themselves with illegal drugs or who participate in high risk behavior are prohibited from donating.  Individuals who had Hepatitis A after age 11 or a Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C infection at any age also are disqualified from donating.  Cancer and malaria survivors, persons who had a heart attack and those with heart disease should phone Hoxworth for information regarding allowances for donating. Blood donors should eat a well balanced meal within four hours prior to donating and drink plenty of water.  They must bring a form of photo identification, such as a driver’s license or employee badge, along with information concerning any foreign travel in the past three years. Individuals can maximize their donation by giving “Double Reds.”  The process of automated red cell collection is designed to make the most of donations.  Please call the Hoxworth Nursing Department at 800/265-1515, ext. 81304, for additional information on donating Double Reds. An appointment takes approximately 45 minutes for a whole blood donation and an additional 20 minutes for an Automated Red Cell Collection. Also, a free total cholesterol screening is available to donors.  Individual screening results will be available a few days following the blood drive by calling 800/265-1515, ext. 81188. Persons donating at a Hoxworth blood drive sponsored by a business or community organization (except a high school) or at a neighborhood donor center may also give on behalf of DCH by writing “Dearborn County Hospital” in the group code area and/or by informing the registrar.  This ensures the donation will go to help meet the hospital’s goal.  The sponsoring organization will also receive credit for the donation. Donor centers located in the Greater Cincinnati area are:  Anderson Township, Five Mile Center, 7715 Five Mile Road; Blue Ash, 9708 Kenwood Road; Downtown, Fourth and Walnut Centre, 105 E. Fourth St.; Fort Mitchell, Fort Mitchell Station Shopping Center, 2220 Grandview Drive, Suite 140; Mason, Governor’s Pointe Shopping Center, 9554 S. Mason-Montgomery Road;    Tri-County, Wimbledon Plaza, 11812 Springfield Pike; University of Cincinnati, Hoxworth Center Building, 3130 Highland Ave., Fourth Floor; and Western Hills, Anderson Ferry Plaza, 2041 Anderson Ferry Road. To schedule an appointment to donate at Dearborn County Hospital’s May blood drive, please call the DCH Education Department at 812/537-8431 or 800/676-5572, ext. 8431.  A 24 hour voice mail system is available to take your message.  You may also register online at the Hoxworth website at www.hoxworth.org/groups/dearborn. Walk-ins are welcome but need to plan additional time for their visit.  Hoxworth requests that children age 5 and under do not attend the blood drive.