Hugh & Hazel Darling Law Library

The Black Law Student Association will be hosting the semi-Annual Blood Drive (co-sponsored by the Library Staff Association & the School of Law) Thursday September 20 from 10:00 am – 3:30 pm at the School of Law in Room 2326. This is a great opportunity to help those in need, earn some "blood time" (4 hours of administrative leave) or a movie ticket, see some of your co-workers & friends and enjoy some Diddy Riese cookies.

If you have any questions about leave time to come and donate please contact UCLA Human Resources.

If you have any questions about the donation procedure feel free to contact Adam Sexton (sexton@law.ucla.edu) or the Blood Center (310) 825-0888.

While walk-ins are more than welcome we ask that you sign-up for a time. Please email Ned Boehme (boehme2009@lawnet.ucla.edu) or Adam Sexton (sexton@law.ucla.edu) to sign-up for an appointment.  Not only will this help streamline the process but it will allow the Blood Donation center to know how many donors to expect and how much staff is needed.

Last year’s drive set a record. We are trying for 100 donations this time! Please come and help. And encourage others to donate as well.

(Volunteers are needed for set-up & clean-up too)

Here is some additional information from the Blood Center:

When you donate, you will receive A FREE MOVIE TICKET or 4 hours administrative leave.

You make a difference when you give blood because:

• The residents of the LA area donate blood at the very lowest rate of ANY city in the nation.
• Donations go to the UCLA Blood and Platelet Center, the source for UCLA Medical Center. The UCLA emergency room is a Level One Trauma Center that performs many procedures that require huge amounts of blood.
• Every local donation helps reduce the amount of blood that must be purchased away from other areas, thereby preserving blood resources for others in need.

Plan to spend approximately one hour (including intake interview, donation, and resting period) on the day of donation. Please remember to bring your ID.

Additional Information to help you determine if you should donate:

• You cannot donate if you are a man who has had sex with a man since 1977.  You also cannot donate if you have had sex with a man who has had sex with another man since 1977.
• Most medications are ok, but you may be deferred if you are taking certain antibiotics, steroids, and other medications.
• Do not donate if you have had flu or cold symptoms in the 24 hours prior to donation.
• Do not give if you have any new tattoos or tongue, nose or genital piercing in the past 12 months. No new ear, navel, or eyebrow piercing in last 12 months unless performed in a commercial establishment or by a physician.
• You must not have traveled to a malaria risk area in the past year; visited or lived in the UK for more than 3 months between 1980 to 1996; or spent more than 5 years in Europe since 1980. Travel to certain parts of Africa may also result in deferral.
• You cannot donate if you have ever injected drugs not prescribed by a doctor or had sex with someone who has. 

The US Food and Drug Administration's current blood donation policy discriminates against gay and bisexual men, despite testimony by the American Association of Blood Banks, America's Blood Centers, and American Red Cross that such a policy is "medically and scientifically unwarranted"

(Statement before the Blood Products Committee, March 9, 2006). BLSA and

OUTLaw disagree with the lifetime deferment of donations by gay and bisexual men. We do however acknowledge the blood shortage in this country, and we strongly encourage everyone who is able to donate on behalf of those who cannot.

To read the complete Statement before the Blood Products Committee, go to http://www.americasblood.org/download/releases/stmnt_060309_deferrals-msm.pdf