Centre Site - Vancouver, BC - Blood Donation Centers on Waymarking.com

Canadian Blood Services is a not-for-profit, charitable organization whose sole mission is to manage the blood and blood products supply for Canadians.

To this end, Canadian Blood Services:

* Collects approximately 850,000 units of blood annually and processes it into the components and products that are administered to thousands of patients each year.


* Manages the OneMatch Stem Cell and Marrow Network whose mission is to secure, in an expeditious way, donors for Canadian bone marrow transplant patients and for patients abroad.


* Screens every donor and tests each unit of blood or blood product collected for a variety of transmissible diseases.


* Ensures that Canadian transfusion medicine research and development remains at the cutting edge.

Canadian Blood Services is committed to blood safety. In addition to the effective screening and testing processes, this pursuit of safety is reflected in every branch of its organizational structure and in each management and operational decision that is made.

Organization: Canadian Blood Services Blood donation center's web adress: [Web Link] When is this facility open for blood donations: Monday to Friday: 11:30 AM to 6:00 PM Saturday: 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM Prefer appointments but has walk-in if available. Platelets:9:00 AM to 5:20 PM (Appointments only) Random events: yes Blood drive program: Yes, they hold mobile clinics in the Lower Mainland on a regular basis. Generally, the clinics are held in buildings. They have a mobile clinic at the Vancouver NO. 1 Fire Hall, and one at UBC (University of British Columbia) What type of donations does the center offer?: They also have a plateletpheresis program here Address:: 4750 Oak Street VAncouver, BC Canada *** *** Phone Number:: 1 888 2 DONATE (1-888-236-6283) Appointments

Visit Instructions:

Take a picture of blood donation center. -If you have donated blood in bloodmobile or random blood donation event you can log these as visited on that waymarked blood donation center that have arranged that event. In this case give also additional coordinates of the location.

Optional extra tasks: - Take photos of brochures that you got from the center. - Telling a story with photo about your personal experience in blood donation is welcomed but not required.

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