Dearborn County Hospital’s spring
blood drive, in association with the Hoxworth Blood
Center, will be on Thursday, May 17, from 9:30 a.m. to
4:00 p.m. in the conference rooms of the hospital, 600
Wilson Creek Road, Lawrenceburg.
“The Hoxworth Blood Center serves
31 hospitals throughout the Tri-State and requires 350
units of whole blood and 40 units of platelets daily,”
stated Melinda Ping, R.N., DCH Employee Health Nurse.
“Just one pint of donated blood can save the lives of up
to three people. Hoxworth’s motto is ‘Our donors save
lives. Who will you save?’ ”
In 2011, Dearborn County Hospital
was honored with the Award of Distinction and also
received Honorable Mention for the Most Improved Award
for Blood Donation by the Hoxworth Blood Center and the
Greater Cincinnati Health Council.
To donate, a person must be 17
years of age or older (16 years of age with the
appropriate signed parental consent form), weigh at
least 110 pounds and generally feel healthy and well.
Donors must wait a minimum of eight weeks between blood
donations. Women who are pregnant may not 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 viral hepatitis after age
11 or a hepatitis B or hepatitis C virus 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 should drink plenty of water. They must bring a
form of photo identification, such as a driver’s license
or employee badge, with them to the drive.
Donors 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 after the blood drive by calling this special
Hoxworth number: (513) 558-1188.
Individuals 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.
Neighborhood donor centers located
in the Greater Cincinnati area are:
- Anderson, Five Mile Center,
7715 Five Mile Road
- Blue Ash, 9708 Kenwood Road
- Downtown, Tri-State Building,
432 Walnut Street, Suite 208
- Fort Mitchell, Fort Mitchell
Station Shopping Center, 2220 Grandview Drive, Suite
140
- Mason, Governor’s Pointe
Shopping Center, 9554 South Mason-Montgomery Road
- Tri-County, Wimbledon Plaza,
11812 Springfield Pike (State Route 4)
- University of Cincinnati,
Hoxworth Center Building, 3130 Highland Avenue,
fourth floor
- Western Hills, Anderson Ferry
Plaza, 2041 Anderson Ferry Road.
For more information on blood
donation, visit the Hoxworth website at
www.hoxworth.org.
To schedule an appointment to
donate at Dearborn County Hospital’s spring 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. Walk-ins
are always welcome but they may need to plan additional
time for their visit. Hoxworth requests that children
age 5 and under do not attend the blood drive.
