JACKSON, TN: — LIFELINE Blood Services announced today that this week’s winter weather has led to a dangerous shortage of blood across West Tennessee.
“Our blood supply has reached critically low levels,” said Caitlin Roach, Marketing Manager with LIFELINE. “We have had to cancel fourteen mobile drives across our area this week. We are asking that anyone who can safely come in and donate to come by our center. Patients in West Tennessee will not have blood without your help.”
Lifeline Blood Services has two fixed site locations where donors can give whole blood, plasma, and platelets. The Jackson Center is located at 183 Sterling Farms Drive and is open Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. The Dyersburg Center is located at 1130 Highway 51 Bypass Suite 19 & 20 across from Lowes and is open Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. and Wednesday and Saturday from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. Walk-ins are welcome. However, if you would like to make an appointment, you may text the word “schedule” to 999-777. To speak with someone about donating blood, call 731.427.4431, ext. 0.
LIFELINE provides blood services to 20 West Tennessee counties and 13 emergency helicopter service locations. Annually, the Center collects approximately 26,000 blood products (red cell units, platelets, plasma, etc.) to meet the needs of patients. Of that total, 75% of those products are collected on the bloodmobiles across West Tennessee. LIFELINE also provides reference lab and cross-matching services to healthcare facilities.
