Family members and friends can donate blood in a procedure called a “directed donation”.
To arrange the patient’s doctor must contact the blood donor services team at least seven business days before the patient’s transfusion. The doctor will need to submit a Red Cross Special Collections Order form so the Red Cross can collect blood from the selected donors.
That is good advice. We may have to look into that ourselves.
Family members and friends can donate blood in a procedure called a “directed donation”.
To arrange the patient’s doctor must contact the blood donor services team at least seven business days before the patient’s transfusion. The doctor will need to submit a Red Cross Special Collections Order form so the Red Cross can collect blood from the selected donors.
NOT true, in all areas.
We tried to do this WAY in advance, for a family member (not jabbed) to provide non-jabbed blood.
The hospital system (one of the two large system, in Houston) said, Sorry, no. We can only accept blood from in-house/provided by OUR supplier.
How disgusting is that?
Who knows what kind of things they ended up with in their xfusion.
Prayers up, fastrock, that you/your wife can make safe arrangements, for YOUR blood, for this.
Keep us posted, please, as I’m sure there are many other FReepers who would like to know about this, as well.