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So you know , when the armed service is

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blood , program safety is one of our

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top priorities , both for our donors

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and staff , as well as for our

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recipients who are getting this blood

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later on . So we've already got

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universal precautions in place to keep

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people safe on the receiving end . But

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right now , during the Cove in 19

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Pandemic , we've additionally added

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hand washing and sanitization at every

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station we're offering hand sanitizer

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to our donors . In addition , were

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spacing people out about six feet apart

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to make sure that donors are far away

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from each other and we're only taken in

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donors by appointment only right now .

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So only two donors every 15 minutes to

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make sure we keep that donor away from

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the next person , I think now is more

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important than ever . Give back on ,

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especially anywhere , give back

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medically , with the crisis going on

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right now , people still need to feel

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secure that their medical needs and

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service is still being available to

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them . You know it's interesting

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because the Armed service is blood

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program is the Department of Defense's

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own blood program . We serve the

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military , so when people donate blood

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in our drives here in Europe . This

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blood's going directly to four

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different combatant commands , our

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military hospitals throughout Europe ,

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our troops on the battlefield and our

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own family members . That's why it's so

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important . People donate to us because

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it's literally going back to our own

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community . We need donors to come in

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until we can make blood ourselves ,

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which science hasn't caught up with

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that yet . We need donors to come in ,

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give voluntarily to help their own

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military community .