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- 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.
- You can donate double platelets – helping twice as many people.
- Platelets have a shelf life of only 5 days.
Dr David Irving
Executive Director, Research and Development
E-mail: dirving@redcrossblood.org.au
Phone: 02 9234 2398
Ms Jessica Tait
Executive Assistant
E-mail: jtait@redcrossblood.org.au
Phone: 02 9234 2370
For more information about Research and Development
Email: researchoffice@redcrossblood.org.au
For information about Business Development and External Services
Ms Suiyin Cheah, External Services Manager
Email: sycheah@redcrossblood.org.au
For information about Ethics at Research and Development
Dr. Brie Turner, Human Research Ethics Committee Secretary
Email: Ethics@redcrossblood.org.au
Postal Address
Research and Development,
Australian Red Cross Blood Service
17 O'Riordan St, Alexandria, NSW, 2015
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