The Blood Bank of Hospital de Pronto Socorro (HPS) requires the blood of all types to replenish the inventory. Who wants to be a donor can search the database, the ground floor of HPS (Largo Theodore Herzl, Good End neighborhood). Hours are Monday through Friday, from 8h to 18h. On Saturdays, the bank is open from 8am to 12pm. Donation - A single donation can save four lives, because blood is fractionated into four components, and each serves different needs. Platelets, for example, are for people with leukemia and used in cardiac surgery. Already the red blood cells is more indicated in cases of accident.

Other information call (51) 3289-7656.

Donor to be

* Be between 18 and 65 years
Weight over 50 pounds
* To be supplied with an interval of at least two hours after lunch
* Sleep at least six hours in the 24 hours prior to donation
* Human must be given more than 60 days
* Women should have donated more than 90 days
* Not be pregnant
* Do not be breastfeeding
* Not having had hepatitis after the age of ten
* Not having had contact with the insect barber transmitter of Chagas disease
* Not having had malaria or have been in the same endemic region
Do not suffer from epilepsy
Do not have or have had syphilis
Do not be diabetic
* Not having tattoos recent (less than a year)
* Already have passed at least three months of childbirth or abortion
* If you did put piercing or acupuncture with disposable material, must wait three days for the donation
* Not have received transfusions in the last 12 months
* Not having consumed alcohol within 24 hours prior to donation
Do not be at risk of contracting blood-borne diseases