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active participation of authoritiesfrom the 12 communes in theregion, contributed to the successof this campaign.Concepción Health Service :visual aids such as banners werealso prominent in the voluntaryblood collection campaign in alltowns in this region. Breakingnews was the signature of acooperative agreement with MauleHealth Service, and a ceremony toacknowledge repeated voluntaryblood donors in the presence oflocal authorities.Talcahuano Health Service:the Hospital Las Higuerascampaigned to promote repeatedaltruistic voluntary blooddonations, carried out an audit onthe clinical use of blood and bloodproducts, and supported a meetingto discuss the clinical use of bloodguides.Araucanía Sur : the Temuco andValdivia hospitals were instrumentalin the success of a campaign topromote repeated voluntary blooddonations. The signing of acollaborative agreement with theRed Cross, a photographic exhibit,clinical meetings in hospitals, anaudit on the clinical use of bloodand blood products, and closecollaboration with local media allreinforced the messages of bloodtransfusion safety.Osorno Health Service: localmedia noted that regionalauthorities paid homage to thework of the blood bank in thisregion, the Red Cross dedicatedlocations to promote voluntaryblood donations, and thateducational materials weredistributed to all health services.Workshops were also held todiscuss the clinical use of bloodand blood products, andcollaboration was actively soughtwith all institutions andorganizations involved in bloodsafety.Llanchipal Health Service:organized a campaign consistingof a press conference with localmedia and a blood collection bythe Hospital Puerto Montt, theRed Cross and medical technologystudents.Aisén Health Service : hospitalsdistributed pamphlets andarranged panel exhibitions; themedia reinforced the messages,and meetings on the appropriateuse of blood took place at theCoyhaique and Puerto AisénHospitals. Clinical meetings withdirectors at different hospitalstook place to promote voluntaryblood donation and blood safety.Metropolitan CentralHealth Service: The EmergencyHospital held a conference forworkers in the field of emergencyrelief and a poster exhibition onits voluntary blood donors club.Megavisión broadcasted televisionspots and a blood collection wassuccessful at the University, withthe blood mobile from the RedCross. In addition, a conference ontransfusion medicine wasspecially designed for surgeons.Metropolitan East HealthService: At the Hospital ElSalvador, a clinical audit on theuse of blood was held at ToraxHospital and Neurosurgery.Metropolitan South HealthService: the Sótero del Río andPadre Hurtado hospitals set uppromotions of voluntary blooddonation and blood bank activities,including a video. Health workerswere invited to participate asvoluntary blood donors and apanel was held at the hospitals onthis special World Health Day.The Hospital Barros Luco yExequiel Gonzalez Cortés sent aletter to all its personnelpromoting voluntary blooddonation and organized a bloodcollection at the San MiguelCouncil. An audit was also carriedout on the use of plasma insurgery, and a practical guide forthe clinical use of blood and bloodproducts was delivered at aclinical meeting.Metropolitan West HealthService: Under the auspices ofthe Hospital San Juan de Dios, apromotional campaign was set upbased on panel exhibits and aconference and blood collection atthe University of Santiago. Clinicalunits had a meeting and audit onthe clinical use of plasma.34 ▲ WORLD HEALTH DAY ▼ SAFE BLOOD STARTS WITH ME