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Soldiers’ donated blood accompanies their units to deployment sites | Health.mil

Soldiers’ donated blood accompanies their units to deployment sites | Health.mil

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Soldiers’ donated blood accompanies their units to deployment sites

Blood donated at the North Fort Hood Mobilization Center by mobilizing Soldiers  will be processed and shipped for use by service members in Kuwait, Afghanistan and other regions where U.S. forces are deployed. (U.S. Army photo by Nick Conner)

Blood donated at the North Fort Hood Mobilization Center by mobilizing Soldiers will be processed and shipped for use by service members in Kuwait, Afghanistan and other regions where U.S. forces are deployed. (U.S. Army photo by Nick Conner)



FORT HOOD, Texas — The North Fort Hood Mobilization Center is helping mobilizing service members protect their health and safety during deployments through a new, ongoing program.
Staff from Fort Hood’s Robertson Blood Center coordinated with the Mobilization Center to establish a mobile blood drive program to help deploying service members donate blood, which will accompany their units as they deploy.
“We saw an article in the Fort Hood Sentinel a couple of months ago, about the new and upgraded training facilities on North Fort Hood, and realized that we could provide a great opportunity for our Soldiers to donate blood before they became ineligible due to deployments,” said Army Maj. Ronnie Hill, director of the Robertson Blood Center.  “Setting up a mobile donor site would help the Armed Services Blood Program by collecting blood and blood products, but it would also help the mobilizing Soldiers because the blood they donate will be sent to facilities in theater, where it will be available if it is needed while they are there.”
According to Hill, about half of all potential donors are ineligible to donate at any given time, mostly due to deferrals as a result of deployments and other geographic considerations.
Members of the North Fort Hood Mobilization Operations Branch staff were eager to get the program organized.
“Our community at North Fort Hood is a prime location since we are a transient site,” said Alfonso Lombardo, the operations officer at the North Fort Hood Mobilization Operations Branch. “We have units ready to mobilize, demobilize and train on a continual basis, bringing new Soldiers from all over the country who will be potential blood donors.”
Soldiers and staff from the Robertson Blood Center drove almost an hour in order to set up the mobile donor center. It takes the staff about 45 minutes to unload equipment from their cargo truck and set up the interview booths, health screening stations, donation chairs and recovery sections.
Soldiers on North Fort Hood were eager to participate in the ASBP blood drive.
“I’m a firm believer that donating blood saves lives,” said Army Sgt. Kara Clark, 77th Combat Aviation Brigade, Arkansas National Guard. “I especially like the fact that the blood we donate goes to our troops.”
HOW BLOOD REACHES DEPLOYED SERVICE MEMBERS
As a tri-service organization, the ASBP is responsible for providing blood and blood products to deployed service members in the heart of the battlefield. While ASBP blood recipients are most often deployed service members injured in the line of duty, the ASBP also provides blood for service members and their families back home and in military treatment facilities around the globe. Anyone receiving blood or blood products in a combat area will receive blood transported by the ASBP.

Breaking down blood: Plasma

Article
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Donors with type A, B or AB blood are often times good candidates to donate plasma. Type AB plasma is known as “universal plasma” which means that it can be received by anyone, regardless of their blood type. (U.S. Army photo by Nick Conner)
Donors with type A, B or AB blood are often times good candidates to donate plasma –type AB plasma is known as “universal plasma” which means that it can be received by anyone, regardless of their blood type
Related Topics: Armed Services Blood Program

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Dr. Karen Scott (center), chief medical officer for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Department of Health and Human Services, visits the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to review the first U.S. Department of Defense pathogen reduction technology.
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A service member is prepped to donate at a collection center. While there is still a chance that women who have been pregnant will be deferred from donating, the new HLA test opens the door for women to consider donating platelets and plasma for the first time in many years. (Courtesy photo)
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Advances in the Use of Whole Blood for Combat Trauma Resuscitation

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Armed Services Blood Program-Research and Development Initiatives
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Pathogen reduction technology helps combat blood borne disease

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Military blood program helps open transfusion center in Cambodia

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Army Maj. Gen. Todd McCaffrey, deputy commanding general of the U.S. Army Pacific Command cuts the ribbon at the new Provincial Blood Transfusion Center located in Kampong Cham, Cambodia.
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Donor Self-deferral Information Sheet to Reduce the Risk of Transfusion-transmitted Zika

Publication
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This info sheet is to give to potential blood donors who have traveled to Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America in the last 28 days. BPL 16-02, Attachment 2
Related Topics: Zika Virus | Armed Services Blood Program

Post-donation Information Sheet

Publication
2/23/2016
This info sheet is to provide to blood donors after they give blood. BPL 16-02, Attachment 3
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Blood, platelet donor and ‘Ted E. Bear’ spread joy, save lives

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Ted E. Bear, a teddy bear that travels with “Platelets Across America” founder Al Whitney, is a symbol of the importance of blood donations. The story behind Ted E. Bear began when Whitney bought a teddy bear for a young girl in need of a white blood cell donation.
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Related Topics: Armed Services Blood Program

Guidance Regarding Zika Dengue and Chikungunya Viruses

Policy
This guidance contains information about the potential for transfusion-transmitted Zika infection; recommends facilitating donor self-deferral of 28 days after travel to Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America and South America.

AABB Association Bulletin #16-03

Publication
2/1/2016
This bulletin was developed by the AABB Transfusion-Transmitted Diseases (TTD) Committee in response to the ongoing outbreaks of Zika virus disease in Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America. BPL 16-02, Attachment 1
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