Having our own blood bank facilitates and safeguards our patients’ life in critical and/or in emergency condition in the hospital. Therefore, Hospital San Javier provides this associated service to inpatients and outpatients who need it, thus encouraging an altruistic donation culture that is essential for a blood bank to work.

General donation requirements:

• Being at least 18 years of age and no more than 65 years of age and in good health.
• Fasting 4 hours min. and 8 hours max.
• Weigh more than 50 kg.
• Not having ingested alcohol over the last 48 hours.
• Not having hepatitis, dengue, or any viral or sexually transmitted disease.
• Not been vaccinated in the last month.
• Not having any tattoos (less than 5 years.
• Not having any piercings (less than one year).
• Not being on drugs.
• Not having had any high-risk sexual practice.
• Not being pregnant, menstruating and/or nursing.
• Not having had any minimal surgical procedures in one year.
• Not having received any transfusion.

Benefits:

• As a commitment and a thank you token to our altruistic donors, the blood bank issues a good health medical certificate to include a physical medical check-up and lab tests.
• If you are an altruistic donor and need any transfusion you will have one unit of blood on your behalf, for every unit you donate.
• The only one blood bank in a private hospital within the city.
• Certified Quality, ISO 9001-2008.
• Certified blood available for any emergency.

Contact:

Direct telephone: 2931500
Email: gerente.operativo_iib@hotmail.com

Químico Enrique Sánchez
Head of the Laboratory

Raúl Morales
Person in Charge of the Administrative Area