The digital festival Assembly Winter returns to the Helsinki Exhibition and Convention Centre on 19–22 February. As usual, the event also features the familiar LastOnline blood donation campaign…
The Finnish Red Cross Blood Service is organizing a blood donation event in cooperation with Åbo Svenska Teater (ÅST) on Thursday, 5 February 2026, from 12:00 to 18:00. The event will be carried…
The Wonderfully Easy campaign inspires both current and new blood donors and makes doing good fun, easy, and visible. The campaign also features Isaac Sene, Karoliina Tuominen, Kristo Salminen and…
Patients are treated in hospitals every day, including during public holidays. Blood products have relatively short shelf lives and cannot be stored for long periods in advance. For example, platelet…
The Finnish Blood Service is currently inviting donors to book appointments in advance for Christmas week, as hospitals need blood products around Christmas and New Year. For blood product…
A new version of the Donor mobile app will be released on Tuesday, 9 December 2025. The update includes, for example, a new Lifesaver badge and the ability to set your own favorite donation…
Sanna Susila’s doctoral research shows that whole blood products can be an effective alternative in prehospital care for patients with severe bleeding.
Starting November 24th, the health questionnaire for blood donors will be updated. The question about gender will be removed from the beginning of the questionnaire. From now on, the same questions…
The electronic health questionnaire will be unavailable due to maintenance starting on Friday, 21st November at 7:00 PM. The maintenance break is estimated to last until Monday morning, 24th…