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Please check out this excellent video from my blood center, @lifestreamblood. All blood center everywhere need healthy donors to donate blood. https://t.co/F7jaYmEHgE
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As the COVID-19 outbreak continues, medical professionals at @LLUMedCenter explain why hospitals need blood. Donating blood is safe. If you are healthy and feeling well, patients need your blood donation. Schedule your appointment at https://t.co/RXeAM8eK3z or call 800-879-4484. https://t.co/MFgbI2kkda
As the COVID-19 outbreak continues, medical professionals at @LLUMedCenter explain why hospitals need blood. Donating blood is safe. If you are healthy and feeling well, patients need your blood donation. Schedule your appointment at https://t.co/RXeAM8eK3z or call 800-879-4484. https://t.co/MFgbI2kkda
Thank you, @EDdailyatISBT! We need as much scientific info as we can. Knowledge and facts help dispel fear. https://t.co/2awd2Juz4w
Please read this excellent thread from the mighty and wonderful @HermelinMD for key points from today's #BBGEssentials interview with Lou Katz on #COVID19 and the blood supply. Thanks, Daniela! #blooducation https://t.co/OXFISML1QG https://t.co/l5qQ1ZPOE7
Daniela Hermelin, MD @HermelinMD
📳 #Blooducation colleagues: Just posted - outstanding 30-minute podcast by @bloodbankguy and Dr. Louis Katz, @WillYouGive covering #COVID19 as it relates to the Blood Bank World covering terminology, transfusion transmission, hospital guidance and donation 🅰️🅱️🆎🅾️! https://t.co/uZEMuBraEK
📳 #Blooducation colleagues: Just posted - outstanding 30-minute podcast by @bloodbankguy and Dr. Louis Katz, @WillYouGive covering #COVID19 as it relates to the Blood Bank World covering terminology, transfusion transmission, hospital guidance and donation 🅰️🅱️🆎🅾️! https://t.co/uZEMuBraEK
As promised, here's an emergency #BBGEssentials, "COVID19 and the Blood Supply," with Dr. Lou Katz ( @AABB TTD Committee Chair) available NOW at https://t.co/OXFISML1QG, Apple Podcasts, etc. Recorded 3/16/20. Everyone be safe & donate blood if you are healthy! #blooducation https://t.co/U5Dx0n66Hm
I spoke today with Dr. Lou Katz, Chair of the @AABB TTD Committee, for an emergency #COVID19 and the blood supply podcast episode, coming TOMORROW MORNING. #BBGEssentials is not usually topical, but this felt important! #blooducation https://t.co/gmphS8x3Gv
That's a fair question, Chris, and I'll tell you my answer: Right now, my center is fighting madly to get blood on the shelves in face of canceled blood drives and declining visits to our sites. I have no choice but to focus on that. No current bandwidth for anything else. https://t.co/rFlIXun6zx
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