LIFELINE says FDA update eases blood donation restriction

Tristyn Stoop,

JACKSON, Tenn. — LIFELINE Blood Services says their has been an update from the FDA on who can donate blood.

LIFELINE says that under new guidance, those who were previously barred from donating due to travel or living in the in the United Kingdom, France, or Ireland has been lifted.

According to LIFELINE, the FDA says there is longer a concern regarding Mad Cow Disease being transmitted by people who were in those areas.

LIFELINE also released their list of May blood drives across the area:

  • Food Rite (Armory St.) – Trenton 5/1/2023 12:30pm – 5:30pm
  • Paris Elem. & W.G. Rhea 5/1/2023 1:00pm – 6:00pm
  • Hardin Medical Center – Savannah 5/3/2023 12:00pm – 6:00pm
  • FUMC – Paris 5/4/2023 12:00pm – 6:00pm
  • Simmons Bank – Bolivar 5/5/2023 12:00pm – 5:00pm
  • Save-A-Lot – McKenzie 5/5/2023 12:00pm – 6:00pm
  • TN National Guard – Jackson 5/6/2023 12:00pm – 4:00pm
  • Selmer Courthouse 5/8/2023 12:00pm – 6:00pm
  • E.W. James & Sons – Martin 5/8/2023 12:00pm – 6:00pm
  • South Fulton HS 5/9/2023 8:30am – 2:00pm
  • Harrelson School – Puryear 5/10/2023 12:30pm – 5:30pm
  • Lakewood Elem. – Buchanan 5/10/2023 12:00pm – 6:00pm
  • Ripley Primary School 5/11/2023 12:30pm – 5:30pm
  • USJ 5/11/2023 12:00pm – 4:00pm
  • Henderson Co. Comm. Hosp. 5/11/2023 12:00pm – 6:00pm
  • Lowe’s – Milan 5/12/2023 12:00pm – 6:00pm
  • First Baptist Church – Adamsville 5/12/2023 2:00pm – 6:00pm
  • First Baptist Church – Parsons 5/15/2023 1:00pm – 6:00pm
  • Southside Church of Christ – Dresden 5/15/2023 1:00pm – 6:00pm
  • Novolex – Jackson 5/16/2023 12:00pm – 5:00pm
  • Joe Mahan Ford – Paris 5/18/2023 1:00pm – 6:00pm
  • Lowe’s – South Jackson 5/19/2023 12:30pm – 5:30pm
  • Englewood North Campus – Medina 5/21/2023 8:30am – 12:30pm
  • E.W. James – Union City 5/22/2023 1:00pm – 7:00pm
  • Henderson Church of Christ 5/22/2023 1:00pm – 6:00pk
  • Hardin Homes – Savannah 5/23/2023 12:00pm – 6:00pm
  • Henry Co. Medical Center – Paris 5/24/2023 9:00am – 4:00pm
  • First Baptist Church – Troy 5/24/2023 2:00pm – 6:00pm
  • JMCGH 5/25/2023 8:00am – 6:00pm
  • Newbern Methodist Church 5/26/2023 12:00pm – 6:00pm
  • Tate Family Foods 5/26/2023 12:30pm – 5:30pm
  • Piggly Wiggly – Scotts Hill 5/26/2023 1:00pm – 6:00pm
  • Walgreens – Lexington 5/30/2023 12:30pm – 5:30pm
  • Lowe’s – Union City 5/30/2023 1:00pm – 6:00pm

Donate blood or platelets at LIFELINE Blood Services in Jackson or in Dyersburg. For additional information, call (731) 427-4431.

No appointment is necessary to donate whole blood, but due to the process of donating platelets, appointments are required.

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