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Hie Herald and The Lantern

Wednesday, July 2,1*8#

More On-Call Donors Needed by Red Cross < t— n. ■-

COURT HOUSE Gertrude Yetgoih, executive director of the Jersey Cape Chapter American Red Cross, reports the need for more Pheresis donors to be placed on Penn Jersey On-

Call Donor File The Pheresis

take* about three hour* and basic requirements to be a Pheresis Donor in elude minimum weight of 125 lh« , age between 17 and 55 lYevious success asa whole blood donor, mb outstanding vein in each arm, and A medical history totally free of any kind of major illnesa

PHKRKSIS (a Greek word meaning to with draw) is the procedure of withdrawing a specific. blood component (either Platelets. White Cells or Plasma > and returning all of the remaining blood to the donor. Specific com ponents are ordered by physicians for their critically ill leukemia and other cancer patients as well as aplastic anemia

patients

"These very special orders are placed with the Red Cross Pheresis Dept which must match the patient's blood with that of a donor's," Mrs Yesgosh noted "The donor list

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especially for platelets, must be very large since a good tissue match occurs once in about 4,000 pepple " ACCORDING TO Joan Shatsian, Pheresis recruitment coordinator, a pint of whole blood contains enough red cells (about one cup) for a single transfusion but it contains less than an ounce of platelets (two tablespoons) and a very small portion of white cells (less than a

teaspoon).

A platelet transfusion for one patient requires platelets from 10donations. White cells are extremely difficult to extract from a

unit of blood.

••EVEN IF IT were possible to extract those cells routinely, dozens of donations would be needed to provide a single tran-. sfusion,” Ms. Shassian

said. In Pheresis, a single donor la used to obtain the white cells or platelets needed for a transfusion. ‘That fact,'' she continued. ‘ makes it possible to obtain a sufficient quantity of platelets and white cells, plus it lowers the risk of a patient’s reactioq or possible hepatitis transmission ” THE PHERESIS Center is at 23rd and Chestnut Sts. in Philadelphia and operates seven days a week. Individuals interested in becoming Pheresis donors should tell the nurse during their next blood donation, or they may call Ms. Shassian at

(215)299-4132.

Group and individual tours of the Pheresis Center (and the entire Penn-Jersey Center) are available to interested volunteers, school groups and prospective donors by calling the Public Education Office at

(215)299-4045.

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SEA ISLE CITY - The Nabb-Leslie American Legion Senior Band of Millville this year' celebrates its 50th anniversary as a part of the summer concert series at the bandstand on the promenade here 7:30 p m Wednesday, July 9. The 35-piece band has planned an evening of patriotic marches, overtures and highlights from American musical shows. In addition, the band’s color guard and twirlers will be performing. The band is the oldest active American Legion Band in the state and has won the title of "New Jersey American Legion Senior Band Champion" 19 times. It was organized in 1930 by the late Arthur

Leschke of Millville, a one time member of the John Philip Sousa Band. The band's summer activities beginning here are usually climaxed with an appearance at the State American Legion convention in Wildwood in the. fall. The band consists of volunteer musicians of all ages and both sexes playing a wide number ofinstruments. Among the perennial favorites which will be performed are the "Poet and Peasant Overture,'’ "MacArthur Park," Seitz's •'Marine Band March," and "Italian Festival" roundup arranged by Glenn Osser, and "Americans We" by Henry Fillmore.

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