Blood is Used to Save Lives!

Medical advances and modern surgical techniques, such as cancer treatments, organ transplants, and open heart surgery, have increased the need for blood. Depending on patients' needs, your blood may be separated into several different components, which may be used to treat a variety of medical conditions or illnesses.

Red Blood Cells: anemia
Platelets: leukemia, cancer
Plasma: blood clotting disorders
Cryoprecipitate: hemophilia

Blood is separated into components so that several patients may benefit from one blood donation.

For more information on the patients who use blood, please visit these web sites:

The National Hemophilia Foundation
www.hemophilia.org

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
www.leukemia.org