[CALIBK12] Holding a blood drive in the library

[Marc Capralis]

We had a blood drive recently at our school, and the Red Cross brought
their own tables on wheels.  We held it in the gym, though, not the
library!
 
Sincerely,
 
Marc Capralis, LMT
Hamilton High School

>>> Blanche Woolls <bwoolls at slis.sjsu.edu> 2/11/2009 11:36 AM >>>
This is a new one for me. It isn't as if we have never been closed for

testing and used as a jail for others. I thought that blood collections

came with a van to house the donors and take the blood away.

This is a health issue and should be addressed as such. No library is a

good spot for something that has blood attached. When someone has
surgery 
and they give you the box to take home with anything to do with blood,
you 
can't even throw the needles in the garbage. You have to take them back
to 
the doctor's office for disposal. I can't believe that parents want
their 
children to be in a place where you can't scrub it down totally to
destroy 
any possible germs.

So, start with a parent or two, and pick one that is picky. This simply

isn't sanitary on any radar screen.

It doesn't even seem good to have it inside any part of the school!

Blanche

On Wed, 11 Feb 2009, Glenda Webb wrote:

> My friend works in the high school library. For the last several
years the ASB has held their blood drives in the library.  It makes her
so ill, she has to take to day off.  Food and drink, coolers with blood,
sometimes stains on the carpet and the smell, and the fact that students
cannot use the library that day.
>
> She is wondering if you can help her with logical arguments to have
it held in the gym or MPR.  She says that she can't find any Health Code
to prevent the blood drive in the library.
>
> Can you help her?
>
> Glenda Webb
> LCMS Library
>
>
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