We understand that our donors may be concerned about maintaining social distance due to COVID-19. We want to reassure you that donating is not considered a public gathering.
ARUP is following all guidelines to make safety a priority for our donors, our patients, and our staff. Donating blood is a safe process and the following steps are taken with each donation to ensure your safety:
- Donor spacing
- Disinfection of all surfaces after each use
- Disinfecting tablets and laptops after each use
- Use of hand sanitizer
- Use of gloves
- Use of disposable foil mylar rescue blanket on platelet pheresis donors
- Aseptic arm scrubs
- Sterile collection sets
- Disallowing employees to work if they feel sick or show any symptoms
- Altered the placement of furniture and equipment to allow for donor spacing of a minimum distance of 6 feet
- Use of available rooms in the building to allow for more space for donors to wait and maintain the recommended distance of 6 feet
- Ask donors to schedule their appointments to limit the number of donors at the center at a time
- Use of personal protective equipment required by regulations
- Prescreen donors upfront to allow for self-deferral prior to entering the donor centers
- Discourage donors from being accompanied by family members
- Encourage donors to wash their hands or use hand sanitizer before and after donation
- Serve each donor individually wrapped snacks and drinks
- Each member of our collections staff wears a mask and we are asking our donors to wear masks too
