Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center and Lakewood Church are working together to save lives.
Blood donors are needed to consistently give now and in the future. Patients in your community will be forever grateful for your ongoing contributions during this time.
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Donate blood on Sunday, October 1, 2023 at Lakewood Church.
3700 Southwest Freeway
Norfolk by Grand Entrance
Houston, TX 77027
Schedule Your Appointment | 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Please Note: Appointments preferred.
For supporting our community, donors will receive a beautiful T-Shirt!
*Promotional items are one small way we can thank donors and are subject to availability. One item per donation while supplies last. Items cannot be combined with another promotion and may be substituted by Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center for an item of equal value.
A Better Donor Experience for Everyone!
Most donors say the worst part is the finger stick when they donate blood. Well, you can finally say goodbye to that! Unless you’re a first-time donor. The Ultracrit, a device for finger sticks, will be performed to determine your blood type.
Get excited blood donors! Not only are you saving lives, but you’ll have a better experience doing it. We are the first independent blood center in Texas to use the NBM-200. In 2019, OrSense, a medical device company, received FDA approval to use the NBM-200 in blood banks. The device is a pneumatic finger sensor cuff and slides right on the thumb. It’s attached to a cord that plugs into a small machine where donor levels display. It takes 60 seconds and voilà! Your hemoglobin levels show up! But, that’s not the only thing it can measure. In addition to determining a donor’s hemoglobin level, a great feature of the device is that it also measures a donor’s pulse. The NBM-200 can measure oxygen levels too. Oxygen level readings aren’t required to donate blood, but it’s a nice feature to have.
With the NBM-200, we’ll be seeing a reduction of biowaste since we are saying goodbye to finger sticks. Alcohol wipes will be in use to help clean and sanitize the pneumatic finger cuff after every use. And, of course, the NBM-200.