Queensland’s blood and plasma supplies are set to grow by 14,000 donations a year thanks to Australian Red Cross Lifeblood’s newest donor centre in Greenslopes.
A new survey by Australian Red Cross Lifeblood has found just one in eight employees know if they can donate blood or plasma on work time – suggesting tens of thousands could be missing out o
Australian Red Cross Lifeblood says a decision by the Australian Government for Lifeblood to lead Australia’s national stem cell donation service will further strengthen donor recruitment and help more patients who need a stem cell transplant.
Australian Red Cross Lifeblood has issued a critical appeal for 16,000 donors this week as the organisation’s reserves hit their lowest level in just under a decade.
Australian Olympic greats are joining forces with Australian Red Cross Lifeblood in a nationwide call for plasma donors, with 15,000 donations needed this month to recover a post-winter shortfall.
Leukaemia Foundation and Australian Red Cross Lifeblood unite this World Leukaemia Day (4 September) to urge Australians to donate blood for cancer patients – the nation’s biggest users of blood products.
Blood services around the world are calling for more people to donate regularly as a range of pressures – from extreme weather and seasonal illness to changing donation patterns – challenge blood supplies.
For people who acquired HIV and hepatitis C infections from blood transfusions in the 1980s and early 1990s, the impacts have been profound and lasting.
