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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) Community Blood Bank calls for donors with A (positive) blood typing to consider donating blood and support a near-critical shortage with this blood type. With a continued surge in surgeries and traumas, the need for all blood types continues.
“The type A (positive) is one of the most used blood types. With an average of 32% of the population having this blood type, we are using a large number of units on a daily basis,” says Ken Versteeg, Executive Director, Community Blood Bank. “We are at the cusp of going into a full critical shortage for A (pos). This shortage could force elective surgeries to be postponed for the short term. It is imperative that we keep our blood supply strong for all blood types.”
The blood drive event kick – off on
Monday, December 28 and run through Friday, January 8. The public is encouraged to designate their blood donation in honor of the department of their choice. All who donate will receive a t-shirt designed by the department of their choice, a certificate for a free Texas Roadhouse appetizer and a certificate for a free breakfast burrito from Taco John’s (while supplies last).
“Currently, Community Blood Bank is teetering on the brink where supply and demand is almost the same; we are maintaining about a two days’ blood supply for the community. Community Blood Bank is tirelessly working to meet the needs of our hospitals, including Avera McKennan, Sanford Medical Center, Sanford Children’s, Avera Heart Hospital, Sioux Falls V.A. Medical Center, Sanford Heart Hospital, Sioux Falls Specialty Hospital and 30 other local hospitals, to ensure blood is available in the treatment of cancer patients, traumas, surgeries and to treat COVID