The Community Blood Center of the Ozarks is expanding its emergency appeal to all blood types.
According to the blood bank in a news release, reserves are “alarmingly low, due to very high usage levels in area hospitals and a continued negative impact on donation rates due to the COVID-19 pandemic.”
During the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, blood usage by hospitals significantly dropped, according to the CBCO. But, in the past three months, blood usage has been the highest in three years over back-to-back months.
The CBCO is looking for blood donors, but they’re also asking businesses, churches and other organizations to host blood drives.
Find out more at cbco.org or call 227-5000.