Overview
- Provincial health data through early November show 7,534 effective donations supporting 10,838 transfusions across 15 hospital services in Jujuy.
- Operations included 241 “Mi sangre, tu sangre” drives, 104 public street collections, 75 hospital-linked collections, and 363 new hematopoietic progenitor cell registrants.
- Activities tied to the November 9 National Day of the Voluntary Blood Donor are expanding this month to recruit donors and strengthen education efforts.
- Experts highlighted eligibility rules, noting hepatitis excludes donation and that recent tattoos or mononucleosis require a six‑month wait; after donating, Jorge Tartaglione said donors should wait 12 months before giving again.
- Clinicians emphasized a quick, standardized procedure of roughly 7–10 minutes collecting about 450 ml with single‑use materials, noting one donation can aid multiple patients while global donation rates hover near 1.5% versus a 3% ideal.