aBsoLut DesMonde: August 2006

Blood Donation Campaign

Theme: Service with Love and Joy

Date: 26^th August 2006 (Saturday)

Venue: Swinburne University of Technology (Sarawak Campus)

Time: 0830 – 1130

Give Blood, Give Live

You are eligible to donate if,

You are in good health.
You are between 18-60 years of age
Your weight is above 47kg (ladies) 50kg (men).
You have more than 5 hours sleep.
You are free from any medical problems e.g. high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, operation <>
You have not taken any medication recently.
You have taken a light meal before donating blood.
You are not involved in any of the following activities:

Homosexual relationship.
Bisexual relationship.
Multiple sexual partners.
You have sexual contact with those mentioned above.
Drug abuse.

Your last whole blood donation is more than 3 months ago.
You have not consumed alcohol within the last 24 hours.
You have no dental extraction within the last 24 hours.
You have not taken any immunization within the last 3 weeks.
You do not have fever, cough, flu, sore throat, eye infection for the passed 1 week,
For lady donors:

You are not pregnant.
You are not taking contraceptive / hormone pills.
You are not breast feeding.
You have not delivered less than a year.
You are not menstruating.

You have not received any letter or phone call from the Blood Bank regarding the result of your last donation.

Light refreshment will be provided to donors.

Did you know…

v Every three seconds someone needs blood.

v Each whole blood donation can help as many as three people. One unit is divided into three parts: red blood cells, platelets, and plasma.

v Any person above 18 years of age and over 45 kgs. in weight can donate blood once in three months.

v A normal adult has five to six liters of blood in his/her body of which only 300ml is used during blood donation. This blood is replaced by your body within 24 to 48 hours!

v No special diet, rest or medicine is required after blood donation.

v Donating blood is a safe process. A sterile needle is used only once for each donor and then discarded.

v You cannot get AIDS or any other infectious disease by donating blood.

v Giving blood will not decrease your strength.

Jointly organized by:

Swinburne University of Technology (Sarawak Campus)