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Mississippi Blood Services is calling for your help! There is a CRITICAL NEED for platelet donors! Now through July 31st, all that are willing to donate will receive a $20 VISA at the time of donation. But wait there's more, when you schedule 3 appointments and donate 3 times, you will receive an additional $50 VISA. Call (601) 368-2673 now to see if you qualify and to schedule your appointment.
Why are platelets so important?
Platelets are tiny cells in your blood that form clots and stop bleeding. For millions of Americans, they are essential to surviving and fighting cancer, chronic diseases, and traumatic injuries. Every 15 seconds someone needs platelets. Platelets must be used within five days and new donors are needed every day. That’s why they need you.
The MS Blood Service's website describes apheresis as a special kind of automated donation that allows whole blood to be withdrawn from the donor and separated into its component parts via a cell separator. All components, except for the platelets, are returned to the donor. This procedure takes approximately 1.5 to 2 hours. Your body replaces platelets within 48-72 hours.
Platelets are essential for blood clotting and often used by patients with bleeding disorders such as leukemia and aplastic anemia. Apheresis products or components are also used for cancer patients, patients with blood disorders, trauma and burn victims, organ transplant and heart surgeries.
You can donate platelets every 14 days. If you have donated whole blood, you must wait at least 14 days before you can donate platelets.
Platelet donors should avoid aspirin and/or aspirin-containing products 48 hours prior to donation.
"I'll never forget the feeling of gratitude that washed over me when I saw those platelets going into my husband’s body. I imagined the faces of many different strangers, taking time out of their day… their jobs… their families… their lives... to sit in a chair and give part of themselves away, simply because it is a good thing to do for another human being. A stranger. Someone’s platelets made their way to Phil that day, and it helped him recover," Cassie Brabbs described how it felt to see platelets help save her husband Phil.
Contact Mississippi Blood Services today to donate!
Why are platelets so important?
Platelets are tiny cells in your blood that form clots and stop bleeding. For millions of Americans, they are essential to surviving and fighting cancer, chronic diseases, and traumatic injuries. Every 15 seconds someone needs platelets. Platelets must be used within five days and new donors are needed every day. That’s why they need you.
The MS Blood Service's website describes apheresis as a special kind of automated donation that allows whole blood to be withdrawn from the donor and separated into its component parts via a cell separator. All components, except for the platelets, are returned to the donor. This procedure takes approximately 1.5 to 2 hours. Your body replaces platelets within 48-72 hours.
Platelets are essential for blood clotting and often used by patients with bleeding disorders such as leukemia and aplastic anemia. Apheresis products or components are also used for cancer patients, patients with blood disorders, trauma and burn victims, organ transplant and heart surgeries.
You can donate platelets every 14 days. If you have donated whole blood, you must wait at least 14 days before you can donate platelets.
Platelet donors should avoid aspirin and/or aspirin-containing products 48 hours prior to donation.
"I'll never forget the feeling of gratitude that washed over me when I saw those platelets going into my husband’s body. I imagined the faces of many different strangers, taking time out of their day… their jobs… their families… their lives... to sit in a chair and give part of themselves away, simply because it is a good thing to do for another human being. A stranger. Someone’s platelets made their way to Phil that day, and it helped him recover," Cassie Brabbs described how it felt to see platelets help save her husband Phil.
Contact Mississippi Blood Services today to donate!
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