Blood Donation

[Heather Creaghan 🌻 @MusingsofMum]

This is what I did this afternoon @GiveBloodNHS #justdoitforthebiscuit @McVities Donation number 70!

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100 donations equates to 47 liters of blood.

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Each blood donation can help as many as 3 people.

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Only 4% of adults are currently donors.

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B- Blood is rare. Only 2% of the population are B-.

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They collect 10% more blood on World blood day than any other day in June.

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They collect 1,900,000 blood donations each year

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8% of donors are donating for the first time.

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January is the busiest month due to people following through with new years resolutions.

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Each blood donation can help as many as 3 people.

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Over 25% of us require blood at least once in their life.