Taipei, Feb. 20 (CNA) The Taiwan Blood Services Foundation (TBSF) on Friday urged the public to donate blood, saying nationwide supply currently averages just 3.8 days, below the safe level of seven to 10 days.
Supplies of O-type blood are particularly low. At the Taichung Blood Center, O-type reserves are sufficient for only 1.2 days.
Nationwide inventory levels stand at 4.4 days for A-type blood, 4.7 days for B-type, 2.9 days for O-type and 5.3 days for AB-type, according to a TBSF statement.
The foundation said inventory levels of four to seven days are considered “slightly low,” while supplies of fewer than four days are considered “dangerously low.”
Blood reserves are especially…