Blood Drive Efforts Cut After Flood of Donations
The success of a war-driven blood drive in January enabled the local American Red Cross to reduce its collection efforts through March, according to a spokeswoman. “We reached a point where the supply of blood was so large” that a regular collection effort could lead to waste, said Cheryle Babbitt, operations manager for the Red Cross Los Angeles-Orange counties region.
The blood supply is expected to be “just where it needs to be” by month’s end, and collection efforts will resume as usual, she said.
The Red Cross had issued an urgent appeal for donations Jan. 14 because of dangerously low supplies of blood for local hospital use.
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