Kelly: WITH THE CORONAVIRUS
SPREADING ACROSS THE WORLD, MANY
ARE WORRIED ABOUT HOW DIFFERENT
BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS
WILL BE IMPACTED.
BLOOD BANK'S CEO TALKS ABOUT HOW
THE BLOOD BAG OF BANK OF HAWAI'I IS
PREPARING.
I WOULD SAY SCIENCE
COLLABORATION AND BEING
PROACTIVE.
SO FIRST OF ALL, THINGS CHANGE
EVERY DAY.
SO WE'RE VERY CONNECTED WITH
NATIONAL LEADERS AND AGENCIES.
IN FACT, I AM LEAVING FOR
WASHINGTON, D.C., TOMORROW TO
IMMEDIATE WITH FOOD -- MEET WITH FOOD
AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION TO HEAR
THE LATEST ON SCIENCE.
AND LOCALLY, WE'RE MEMBERS OF
HAWAI'I'S HEALTHCARE EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT COALITION.
WE GET DAILY UPDATES FROM
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND WE HAVE A
MORNING HUDDLE AND WE SPREAD THE
NEWS TO OUR LEADERSHIP.
SO SCIENCE IS THE KEY, AND
THINGS CHANGE EVERY DAY.
Kelly: THAT'S SOMETHING
THAT'S SO IMPORTANT OF THERE'S
ALWAYS NEW INFORMATION,
ESPECIALLY WITH SOMETHING SO NEW
AND IT ISN'T EARLY ON STAGE.
THERE'S A LOT OF MYTHS MYTHS AND
FACTS.
IS IT SAFE TO DONATE BLOOD?
ABSOLUTELY.
YOU CAN'T GET CORONAVIRUS FROM
BLOOD DONATIONS.
Kelly: OKAY.
FIRST OF ALL, WE DON'T TREAT
SICK PATIENTS AT THE BLOOD BANK
OF HAWAI'I.
WE'RE HEALTHY BLOOD DONORS.
SECONDLY, WE DO HAVE VERY VERY
RIGOROUS SCREEN AND TAKE
EVERYBODY'S TEMPERATURE.
IF YOU HAVE A FEVER, WE ASK YOU
TO LEAVE.
WE DON'T TAKE YOUR BLOOD.
SO IT'S PERFECTLY SAFE TO DONATE
BLOOD.
Kelly: OKAY.
AND ON THE OTHER END OF THAT, I
THINK YOU ANSWERED THE QUESTION,
BUT IS IT SAFE TO BE A RECIPIENT
OF BLOOD TRANSFUSION?
THAT IS AN EXCELLENT
QUESTION.
WE WANT TO SAFEGUARD THE BLOOD
SUPPLY.
WITH AIDS, SARS, ZIKA, WE'RE THE
SECOND BLOOD BANK TO TEST FOR
ZIKA.
CAN FLU BE TRAPPINGS MITT --
TRANSMITTED TO SICK PATIENTS?
BLOOD CENTERS TESTED THE BLOOD
OF DONORS WHO DONATED.
DONORS SAID I HAVE THE FLU.
WE TOOK A THOUSAND UNITS AND
TESTED.
NOT A SINGLE UNIT TESTED
POSITIVE FOR FLU.
THERES NO EVIDENCE OF
TRANSMISSION OF INFLUENZA.
IF YOU DONATE BLOOD AND COME UP
WITH THE FLU AND CORONAVIRUS,
WE'RE GOING TO QUARTERREN
SEEN -- QUARANTINE YOUR BLOOD
AND NOT USE IT.
Kelly: WE ALWAYS WANT TO
PROTECT AND SAFEGUARD HAWAI'I'S
BLOOD FLY.
-- SUPPLY.
HOW CAN WE DO THAT?
BIGGEST RISK IS NOT HAVING
ENOUGH BLOOD.
CRITICAL SHORTAGE MEANS A TRAUMA
SURGERY.
LIKE OPEN HEART SURGERIES GET
CANCELED.
WITH ALL THE VOICES YOU HEAR IN
THE NEWS, A VOICE NOT BEING
HEARD IS THE PATIENT'S VOICE.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO CANCEL YOUR
APPOINTMENT, ARE YOU GOING TO
CANCEL ME?
LET'S NOT LET FEAR CANCEL THEM.
THAT'S WHAT I SAY.
Kelly: I'M SURE YOU'RE
UNKING UN--
URGING FOLKS TO DONATE BLOOD.
IF YOU HAVE AN APPOINTMENT,
KEEP YOUR PROMISE.
Kelly: THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE
TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT.
SO EASY.
BLOOD BANK TOUGH.ORG.
IF YOU WANT TO MAKE AN
APPOINTMENT OLD-FASHIONED WAY,
848-4770.
Kelly: MAKE SURE YOU HEAD
OUT.
AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US
THIS MORNING TO STRAIGHTEN OUT
SOME FACTS.
AGAIN THERE'S A LOT OF
MISINFORMATION.
IT'S GOOD TO KNOW THAT DONATING
BLOOD SAFE.
AND RECEIVING BLOOD SAFE.
YOU'RE RIGHT.
FACTS NOT FEAR.
Kelly: THANK YOU THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR JOINING US.
THANK YOU.
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FOR A JOB, HAWAIIAN AIRLINE IS
HIRING ON MAUI.