Blood Services

Fun Facts About Blood

The American Red Cross supplies about one-half of all the blood products used in the country.

• You can give blood every 56 days.
• Type O negative blood can be transfused to 100% of people.
• Hospitals in our area use about 1,500 blood products each day.
• The average blood donation only takes about 10 minutes.
• Every two seconds, someone in the U.S. receives a blood transfusion.
• Only 5% of the eligible population gives blood.

There is still no substitute for human blood.