“A, BO: some letters have more power than others. They symbolize blood groups and their absence in the phrase” Happy New Year “makes the message incomprehensible,” said the French blood establishment which organizes in Villefranche d ‘Albigeois, a collection on Friday, January 15 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Notre Dame room. Around the letters of classification of blood groups, one guesses a way of insisting, at the dawn of the new year, on the essential mobilization of blood donors to ensure the continuity of the collection and thus meet the needs of patients.
In Occitania, 1,000 blood donations are needed every day. To consolidate an incentive to donate blood, the French blood establishment suggests participating in the operation “# MissingType … by hiding the letters A, B, O from social network profiles.
It is recommended not to come on an empty stomach and to drink well before and after donation. The main conditions for donating blood are to be between 18 and 70 years old, to be in good health, to weigh more than 50 kilos and not to have been transfused.
But it is also necessary to defer his donation for seven days after the end of an antibiotic treatment, for 14 days after an infectious episode, for four months after an endoscopy, a piercing or a tattoo and for four months also after a trip to a country. or is rife with malaria. The generous and united act of donating blood is intended to avoid any possible complications!
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