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Giving Blood

"When you save at our bank you save a life."

Each year, patients at the three Evanston Northwestern Healthcare hospitals use more than 10,000 units of blood. A single trauma patient in one of our emergency rooms can use 20 or more units. That takes 20 donations!

At the Evanston Hospital Blood Bank, there are two kinds of donations. You can donate whole blood, which we then turn into one unit of red blood cells and one unit of plasma. Or you can donate platelets, the blood cells that stop bleeding, by a longer process called apheresis.

Our standard hours are:

Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Monday and Wednesday have flexible extended hours to accommodate your schedule.

Call us for an appointment to donate at 847.570.2242 or email us at donateblood@enh.org.