As world-class leaders within our respective industry, LifeSource is committed to providing the highest level of positive impact on patient care. By establishing a blood center in the central and northeast Pennsylvania communities that LifeSource serves, we ensure that the best practices are delivered to patients in the area of transfusion medicine. We’re committed to creating an environment that is donor friendly, service oriented, and facilitates an enjoyable and memorable donation experience. The blood collected is distributed locally in the Geisinger Medical Center service area for patients. Donors know they are helping families, friends and neighbors in their community. LifeSource must see over 2000 donors each month to keep pace with the local need for blood. The center offers the opportunity to donate blood through daily mobile blood drive operations. A major goal is to provide convenience to our donors through consistent and convenient locations, flexible hours, and faster donation registration process with DonorPass at our drives. All mobile blood drives currently accept whole blood donations. In the future we will offer automated collection opportunities for double red cell, platelet and plasma donations. Appointments can be made online, by phone, or at the time of your donation for future visits. The donation process includes the registration of demographic information, a medical history interview to determine donor eligibility, a mini physical (blood pressure, temperature, pulse, and hemoglobin [iron] levels are taken), the withdrawal of a unit of blood, and a 15-minute post-donation rest period. The entire whole blood donation process is usually less than one hour.
