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This group is for people interested in blood donation. Every six minutes, a patient at Mayo Clinic needs a transfusion of blood or blood products. A simple blood donation can save the life of a child with leukemia, restore the strength of a cancer patient, or provide a critical transfusion to an accident victim. There is no substitute for this lifesaving gift, so patients rely upon the caring spirit of blood donors. Join the discussion and learn more about blood donation!
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Interpreting the STEM Academy Mobile Blood Drive Najma Haji Salad is a Somali interpreter for Mayo Clinic. She was scheduled to help translate during the…
Benjamin Tetlie, a Financial Representative for Mayo Clinic Global Business Solutions in Rochester, used to have a strong aversion to the idea of donating blood.…
Since moving to Rochester eleven years ago, Dan has found many opportunities to give back to the community. He has volunteered as a hospitality service…
The holiday season is a busy time for many people, but Denise Rokke, a quality specialist in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, always…
For the past 11 years, Sara Goodman has worked as a laboratory assistant in Internal Operations at Mayo Medical Laboratories. But that’s not all Goodman…
The Rochester Alternative Learning Center (RALC) and the Mayo Clinic Blood Donor Center joined forces yesterday to meet the needs of patients and families alike. The…
Fifteen years ago, while working at IBM, John Simonette walked by a Mayo Clinic mobile blood drive on the IBM campus in Rochester and thought,…
Heather Berg, a Technical Resource Specialist at Mayo Medical Laboratories in Rochester, started her blood donor experience as a student volunteer at her local high…
Until 2014, Marie and Jason lived, what many would call, an ordinary life. The couple were parents of 7-year-old twins and heard the news that they…
Janet Koball, Quality Assurance Specialist at Mayo Clinic, completed her goal of donating blood for the first time and is taking her accomplishment to heart…
There is always a constant need for blood donors in Olmsted County. Mayo Clinic reporter Vivien Williams interviewed Justin Kreuter, M.D., Director of Mayo’s Blood Donor…
For Alissa Spitzer, Education Development Assistant at Mayo Medical Laboratories in Rochester, donating blood is a family affair. Spitzer’s mother Diane Todd, a retired ostomy…
On the Sept. 10 broadcast of Mayo Clinic Radio, co-hosts Tracy McCray and Tom Shives, M.D., spoke with Justin Kreuter, M.D., Medical Director of the Mayo Clinic Blood…
Darla Schletty, Software Quality Coordinator at Mayo Medical Laboratories, has been donating blood since she first heard about it from her high school teacher. And…
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Many first-time donors come to their donation with a fear of needles but most find that the donation process is easy and relatively painless. Here…
New recommendations that all U.S. donated blood be tested for Zika virus have been issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The plan begins…
Given the rapid increase and widespread use of apps, it seems inevitable that there will soon be an app that caters to almost everything, including blood…
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