ONE LOVE…ONE BLOOD PARTNERSHIP FOR LIFE
You can help to keep the blood supply safe:
Q. Can I get HIV/AIDS or any Sexually Transmitted Disease from giving blood?
A. You cannot get HIV/AIDS by giving blood
Q. How will the Blood Bank know if I am HIV positive?
A. · When you give blood it will be tested for the presence of HIV antibodies. If these antibodies are found in the blood,
it means a person is HIV-positive. The infected blood is immediately taken to the incinerator and burned.
Q. Does the test pick up every HIV positive person?
A. · The tests done will pick up most but not all possible carriers of the virus – very early infection (someone infected less than three weeks prior to blood donation) occasionally does not show a positive test.
Q. Are there people who should not consider giving blood?
A. Yes. YOU SHOULD NOT give blood in order to find out if you have HIV (Go to your doctor or clinic and ask for an HIV test).
DO NOT give blood in order to find out if you have HIV (Go to your doctor or clinic and ask for an HIV test).
DO NOT give blood if you or your sex partner:
- Are HIV positive
- May be carriers of HIV
- Use or have used crack/cocaine or inject drugs
- Accept money for drugs or sex
- Have sex without a condom with more than one person
- Recently had a sexually transmitted infection
- Practice or have practiced anal sex
REMEMBER YOU CANNOT GET AIDS BY GIVING BLOOD
PLACES YOU CAN DONATE BLOOD:
The Blood Bank (National Blood Transfusion Service)
21 Slipe Road
Kingston
922-5181/5185/5188 or 967-2044
University of the West Indies Hospital
Mona
Kingston 7
927-1620
Mandeville Hospital
32 Hargreaves Avenue
Mandeville
962-2067
Spanish Town Hospital
Burke Road
Spanish Town
984-3031
Cornwall Regional Hospital
Mount Salem
Montego Bay
952-5100
Savanna-La-Mar Hospital
Savannah-La-Mar
Westmoreland
955-2533
St. Ann’s Bay Hospital
Seville Road
St. Ann’s Bay
972-2272
Port Antonio Hospital
Naylor’s Hill
Portland
933-2646
National Chest Hospital
36 Barbican Road
Liguanea Kinston 6
702-3513
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