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Help us raise

£150,000 for the

RVC Blood Donor

team's new home

Blood transfusions are vital to the life-enhancing to work more efficiently. Next door to the consultation
care which takes place at the RVC every day. As our rooms will be a processing area to create blood products,
hospital has expanded and we continue to advance including packed red blood cells, plasma and serum
veterinary medicine through our research, we now transfusions. This dedicated processing area will also
treat more injuries and conditions than ever before. allow the team to supply blood products of different
Due to this ever-increasing demand, it is vital that volumes to treat all sizes of patients, from Chihuahuas
our Blood Donor team has dedicated and specialised to great Danes, without compromising the sterility of the
facilities. This year, we need your support to create a blood and ensuring no blood is wasted.
brand-new home for the RVC Blood Donor Programme.
The future of blood donation
One home, many benefits at the RVC

Currently our team operates within a small area in our busy From offering the best possible donation experience,
hospital. New, bespoke facilities will help us improve the to facilitating transfusion medicine research, this new
welfare and wellbeing of our blood donors. Tranquil donor home will provide the facilities needed for years to
rooms away from our bustling hospital will create a quiet, come. Here are just some of the benefits:
stress-free environment, where the personalised needs
of our donors can be met. Some pets like to give blood 1. Separate donation areas for dogs and cats
standing or sitting up, others like to lay down and some away from our busy hospital will provide a quiet
even prefer to donate from their carrier. The more space and relaxed environment to give blood, tailored
available, the more we can comfortably accommodate their to our donors' needs.
needs and increase the number of successful donations.
2. Spacious consultation rooms will give our
At present the team has its own consultation room in donors room to relax and play. Large dog breeds,
the hospital, but its blood storage facility and laboratory like greyhounds, will feel more comfortable.
spaces are in different parts of the hospital. This new While cats, will have room to roam and explore.
facility will bring everything together, helping the team

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