We serve the following counties: Christian, Daviess, Ohio, Breckinridge, Crittenden, Caldwell, Hopkins, McLean, Trigg, and Hancock.ġ-27-Owensboro Center and Hopkinsville Center 1-27Įach year more than 16,000 pints of blood are needed to meet the demands of our local hospitals. We are the sole supplier of blood and blood products used at six Western Kentucky Hospitals: Call today to schedule your appointment.The Western Kentucky Regional Blood Center is your non-profit community blood center serving Western Kentucky since 1978. We welcome walk-ins but appointments are preferred. You can even schedule your next donation – we will happily give you a reminder card and give you a call the day of you next donation. Think about setting a goal of donating three to four times this year. A healthy donor can donate blood every 56 days.
The West Nebraska Blood Center now accepts platelet donations. This is why the staff at West Nebraska Blood Center works actively to recruit and retain repeat blood donors in the community. population is eligible to give blood, yet only five percent of those eligible actually do so. In order to save lives, blood must be on the shelf, ready for transfusion.
In addition to drawing volunteer donor blood, the blood center collects autologous blood, which is blood for people who choose to use their own blood supply during a planned surgery.
The blood drawn at the blood center is used to supply blood to Regional West Medical Center and other hospitals throughout the Nebraska panhandle. West Nebraska Blood Center, a hospital-based donor center licensed by the FDA, draws approximately 3,000 units of blood per year, which are transfused to approximately 880 panhandle patients in need.