- Australia has one of the safest blood supply systems in the world.
- You can donate whole blood every 12 weeks.
- O negative blood is universal and can be given to anyone.
- Plasma and platelet donations can be made every 2 weeks.
- Every whole blood donation can save 3 lives.
- 1 in 3 people will need blood. Only 1 in 30 gives blood.
- Australia needs over 27,000 blood donations every week.
- 470mL of blood is collected when you give whole blood.
- Within 24-48 hours of giving blood, your blood volume is completely restored.
- Giving blood only takes about an hour.
- Plasma donations can be used to make 17 different products.
- Red blood cells have a shelf life of 42 days.
- 34% of donated blood goes towards helping cancer patients.
- You can start giving blood at 16.
- The blood service has been collecting blood for over 80 years.
- Many donor centres have a courtesy bus.
- You can donate double platelets – helping twice as many people.
- Platelets have a shelf life of only 5 days.
Blood challenge results
If your group is not on the list or you would like to participate in a Blood Challenge, you will need to contact us to get started. We can guide you on how best to organise the challenge, including using Club Red online, and finding a suitable time to hold a Blood Challenge.
Once you join a group, donations are automatically counted towards a group and challenge.
*Australian Red Cross Blood Service uses its best endeavours to ensure the accuracy of donation numbers on this site, however is unable to verify the accuracy of this information at any given time. Donations take 24 hours to appear online.
Results by Organisation - National
| Organisation | Total number of donations | Total number of lives saved | Percentage result (%) |
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| NATIONAL TOTAL | 0 | 0 | 0% |
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