By Future Brown
Herald Democrat<\/p>\n
Carter BloodCare Texoma, formerly Texoma Regional Blood Center, has served this region since April 1, 1975. Carter BloodCare has served Texas since 1951.<\/p>\n
Now under its new ownership, the Sherman blood center is open from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.<\/p>\n
\u201cCarter BloodCare collects blood and blood components across 59 counties in North, Central and East Texas to support more than 225 hospitals and medical facilities,\u201d the release said. \u201cThe Texas-based nonprofit\u2019s services include blood collection, processing, testing, storage and distribution, along with specialties in apheresis and cellular therapy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Those wishing to donate blood should be aware of the center\u2019s general donation guidelines:<\/p>\n
\u2013 Must be 17 years of age<\/p>\n
\u2013 Must be in good general health and meet all blood donor guidelines.<\/p>\n
\u2013 Must weigh a minimum of 110 pounds.<\/p>\n
\u2013 Minimum Hemoglobin Requirements: 12.5 g\/dL for Females & 13.0 g\/dl for Males<\/p>\n
\u2013 Pulse must fall between 50-100 beats per minute with no irregularities.<\/p>\n
\u2013 Temperature must not exceed 99.5 F.<\/p>\n
\u2013 Blood Pressure must fall between 90-180 Systolic and 50-100 Diastolic.<\/p>\n
For more information, call 1-800-366-2834.<\/p>\n
Local blood drives:<\/p>\n
Wed., Aug. 5<\/p>\n
10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Texoma Medical Center, Bonham;<\/p>\n
Thurs., Aug. 6<\/p>\n
12-4 p.m., Zimmerer Kubota, Van Alstyne;<\/p>\n
Fri., Aug. 7<\/p>\n
10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Walmart, Sherman;<\/p>\n
Sat., Aug. 8<\/p>\n
10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Walmart Neighborhood Market, Sherman;<\/p>\n
12-2 p.m., First Christian Church, Van Alstyne;<\/p>\n
Mon., Aug. 10<\/p>\n
11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Brookshire\u2019s of Celina;<\/p>\n
Tues., Aug. 11<\/p>\n
10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Brookshire\u2019s Pottsboro;<\/p>\n
Wed., Aug. 12<\/p>\n
10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Eaton, Sherman;<\/p>\n
Sun., Aug. 16<\/p>\n
10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Texoma Nepalese Society;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Future BrownHerald Democrat Carter BloodCare Texoma, formerly Texoma Regional Blood Center, has served this region since April…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":397555,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151],"class_list":["post-397554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arlington","tag-arlington","tag-arlington-headlines","tag-arlington-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=397554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397554\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/397555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}