Blood, Organ & Bone Marrow Donation Watch

Why this is recommended

This is the one Tab where the value is not the member's money. A type O shortage in the member's region, an eligibility rule that just changed to include them, or a registry drive for a specific patient is worth more than the membership to someone else, and the member gets to be the one who shows up.

What the Tab covers

Who it is for

The 7 million Americans who give blood, the millions more who could, and every family waiting on a match.

When it runs

Blood centers declare shortages on weekdays and drives are scheduled for the week ahead

Scope

American Red Cross, Vitalant, OneBlood, New York Blood Center, Bloodworks, LifeSouth, Versiti and regional blood centers; FDA and AABB donor eligibility rules; incentive programs; NMDP and DKMS registry drives and rules; state organ donor registration, first-person consent and living donor protection laws; UNOS and HRSA organ system changes; deferral and travel rules; plasma-derived medicine shortages; blood center mergers, closures and system outages

Suggested task

The objective your Tab starts with. You can edit every line of it once the Tab is yours.

Blood and platelet shortage declarations by region and type, eligibility rule changes for donors, donor incentive and reward programs, bone marrow and stem cell registry drives and rule changes, organ donation registration and opt-out rule changes by state, living donor protections and paid leave laws, donor deferral and travel rule changes, plasma-derived medicine shortages and blood center mergers and outages, with the region, organization or rule first.

Track blood, marrow and organ donation in the United States. Report only confirmed, source-backed items from the last 7 days, or same-day for national shortage declarations: blood and platelet shortage declarations and appeals by region and blood type from the American Red Cross, Vitalant, OneBlood, New York Blood Center, Bloodworks, LifeSouth, Versiti and regional centers; FDA and AABB donor eligibility rule changes; donor incentive and reward programs with dates; NMDP and DKMS registry drives, eligibility changes and rule changes; state organ donor registration, first-person consent and living donor protection and paid leave laws; UNOS, HRSA and OPTN system changes affecting patients and donors; deferral and travel rule changes; plasma-derived medicine shortages; and blood center mergers, closures and scheduling system outages. Prefer blood centers, FDA, AABB, NMDP, DKMS, HRSA, UNOS, state legislatures and established health reporting; ignore unverified appeals. Put the region, organization or rule first in the title with the need and the date. Use high severity for a critical shortage declaration, an eligibility change that opens donation to a large group, or a registry drive with a deadline. Return no more than 6 findings. Push each as a finding with a title, a two-sentence summary, sections for what is needed, who qualifies, where and when to give, and the source link. If nothing qualifies, push nothing and submit the run receipt.