Vitalant will be hosting a blood drive that will run through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. outside of the food court at Music City Mall. The United States is currently experiencing a critical blood shortage and blood banks across the nation are asking donors to roll up their sleeves to help hospitals keep up with demand. Those wanting to donate at Music City Mall can register in person or online at www.vitalant.org. Those who have received the COVID-19 vaccine are also eligible to donate their blood or platelets.
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Vitalant phlebotomists tend to blood donors in their mobile United Blood Services bus during a blood drive Tuesday afternoon at Music City Mall. Vitalant will be hosting the blood drive from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. each day this week throughout Sunday and donors can register in person or online prior to their donation at www.vitalant.org. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
Blood donor Kyrsten Nall squeezes down on a pressure ball just before donating blood during a Vitalant blood drive Tuesday afternoon at Music City Mall. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
Phlebotomist Caitlyn Poston, left, inserts a large needle into a vein on Kyrsten Nall’s arm just before she donates her blood during a Vitalant blood drive Tuesday afternoon at Music City Mall. Vitalant will be hosting the blood drive from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. each day this week throughout Sunday and donors can register in person or online prior to their donation at www.vitalant.org. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
Phlebotomist Erika Gonzales, left, processes blood donations during a Vitalant blood drive Tuesday, June 22, 2021, at Music City Mall. Vitalant will be hosting the blood drive from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. each day this week throughout Sunday. The United States is currently experiencing a blood shortage with the national supply dropping to “red” level according to the AABB Interorganizational Task Force on Domestic Disasters and Acts of Terrorism and blood banks are calling for donors to roll up their sleeves to help hospitals keep up with the demand. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
Phlebotomist Caitlyn Poston, left, cleans the arm of Kyrsten Nall just before she donates her blood during a Vitalant blood drive Tuesday afternoon at Music City Mall. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
Vitalant phlebotomists tend to blood donors in their mobile United Blood Services bus during a blood drive Tuesday afternoon at Music City Mall. Vitalant will be hosting the blood drive from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. each day this week throughout Sunday. The United States is currently experiencing a blood shortage with the national supply dropping to “red” level according to the AABB Interorganizational Task Force on Domestic Disasters and Acts of Terrorism and blood banks are calling for donors to roll up their sleeves to help hospitals keep up with the demand. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
Bags of donated blood sit out just prior to cold storage on the United Blood Services bus during a Vitalant blood drive Tuesday, June 22, 2021, at Music City Mall. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
The United Blood Services bus sits parked in the parking lot of Music City Mall during a Vitalant blood drive Tuesday afternoon in Odessa. Vitalant will be hosting the blood drive from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. each day this week throughout Sunday. The United States is currently experiencing a blood shortage with the national supply dropping to “red” level according to the AABB Interorganizational Task Force on Domestic Disasters and Acts of Terrorism and blood banks are calling for donors to roll up their sleeves to help hospitals keep up with the demand. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
The United Blood Services bus sits parked in the parking lot of Music City Mall during a Vitalant blood drive Tuesday afternoon in Odessa. Vitalant will be hosting the blood drive from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. each day this week throughout Sunday. The United States is currently experiencing a blood shortage with the national supply dropping to “red” level according to the AABB Interorganizational Task Force on Domestic Disasters and Acts of Terrorism and blood banks are calling for donors to roll up their sleeves to help hospitals keep up with the demand. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American)
