The Cape Cod Hospital Blood Bank is in urgent need of O Negative blood donors. While all blood types are needed on a regular basis, there is currently a shortage of O Negative, in particular.
Jonathan DeCoste Senior Blood Donor Recruiter at Cape Cod Healthcare notes, “Type O Negative is the universal blood type, meaning that anyone can receive your blood and it can be used in transfusions for any other blood type. It is routinely in short supply and in high demand by hospitals for emergency transfusions.”
If you or someone you know has O Negative blood, please consider making an appointment at one of our upcoming blood drives.
Donors to CCHC blood drives this month will receive a gift box with three pairs of socks.
All donations help our families, friends and neighbors.
To make an appointment for a blood drives on the Cape this month, please visit the Blood Donor Portal –
https://srt.capecodhealth.org/donorportal/
Donations can also be made at the Nicholas G. Xiarhos Blood Donor Center at Cape Cod Hospital. The Donor Center is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. To make an appointment for the Nicholas G. Xiarhos Blood Donor Center, please call us at 508-862-5663.
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Cape Cod Healthcare is the leading provider of healthcare services for residents and visitors of Cape Cod.
With more than 600 providers, over 5,000 employees and 250 volunteers, Cape Cod Healthcare is comprised
of two acute care hospitals, the Cape’s leading provider of home care and hospice services (VNA), six urgent
care centers, a primary and specialty care network, a skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility, an assisted
living facility, and numerous health services and programs. For more information, visit the Cape Cod
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