Blood donation clinics are ditching the paper registration form that currently needs to be filled out every time a donor visits.
Starting July 4, donors will be able to fill out their registration at home, ahead of their visit. Or they can take advantage of the new iPad kits installed in the clinics.
Currently, donating blood usually takes an hour, including the registration time. With the new system, Canadian Blood Services is hoping to cut the process down to 44 minutes, says Gordon Skiffington, a coordinator with the group in St. John’s.
“It will speed up the donation process and make it a little bit more easier to give blood than it did before,” he said.
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