Because transplant surgery utilizes large amounts of blood and blood products, blood donations to the local blood supply are strongly encouraged to ensure adequate supplies are on hand when donor organs become available.

The following gives the average percentages, based on seven regions, found for ABO and Rh blood groups

O+ = 38.4 %

O - = 7.7 %

A+ = 32.3 %

A - = 6.5 %

B+ = 9.4 %

B - = 1.7 %

AB+ = 3.2 %

AB - = 0.7 %

It should be mentioned here that just because you are an organ transplant recipient doesn’t necessarily mean that you cannot donate blood, platelets, etc. Your medications are the determining factor.

Initial registration as a bone marrow donor can be accomplished when donating blood.

INOVA Blood Donor Services
Inova Blood Donor Center at Woodburn II
3289 Woodburn Road, Suite 010
Annandale, VA 22003 703-698-3885

Inova Blood Donor Center at Fair Oaks Hospital
3600 Joseph Siewick Drive
Fairfax, VA 22033 703-391-3859

Inova Blood Donor Center at Mount Vernon Hospital
2501 Parker’s Lane
Alexandria, VA 22306 703-664-7229

Because transplant surgery utilizes large amounts of blood and blood products, blood donations to the local blood collection organization are strongly encouraged to ensure adequate supplies. INOVA Blood Donor Services is the only local blood collection organization in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. It is the primary source of blood and blood products used for transplant surgery at Inova Fairfax Hospital and at Washington Hospital Center.

INOVA collects blood from three northern Virginia hospital centers listed above and at various business, church, and civic blood drives in the metropolitan area. It locally tests and processes this supply for various tissue components including plasma and platelets.

Contact Linda Wilson at 703-698-3885 for additional information, or if you wish to schedule the mobile unit at your place of business, your church, etc.

American Red Cross Services
National Offices
4050 Lindell Boulevard
St. Louis, Missouri 63108
800-2-TISSUE/800-284-7783
Blood Donor Information 800-272-0024, 800-448-3543
To Give Blood 800-GIVE-BLOOD / 800-448-3256
To be a Platelet Donor (first time) 800-272-2131
Blood Supply Administration 800-272-0094 / 703-312-5600
Blood Services Autologous Donations 800-452-5663
The American Red Cross works directly with health care facilities in collecting, storing and providing donated blood. Their collected blood supplies are processed through the above location.

American Red Cross Donor Center
2810 Old Lee Highway
Fairfax, VA 22031 703-698-7030

American Red Cross
National Headquarters
8111 Gatehouse Road
Falls Church, VA 22042 703-206-6000