Final 2011 Blood Drive Figures

Herein the Monday blood drive figures and the final numbers for the whole convention.

Monday:

  • 388 people attempted to give whole blood.
  • 309 people successfully donated.
  • 290 units of blood drawn, 848 units of blood processed.

For the whole convention:

  • Total People Registered: 3449
  • Total People Drawn: 2938
  • Total Units Drawn: 2754
  • Total Units Processed: 8039

That’s an almost 400-person increase from last year! Thank you to everyone who came out to donate and a huge thanks to all the blood drive volunteers!

Author of the article

After a lifetime of science fiction and fantasy influences, the last twenty of which have been spent in IT, Geoff Termorshuizen is applying for his Ph.D. in Strategic Security after finishing a B.A in Political Science and M.Sc.'s in Cyber Security and MIS. He currently works as a technical consultant for ACI Worldwide, supporting security and financial payment systems. You can find him at Con either at the the DailyDragon room, or via the EFF track where he has presented panels on digital forensics, privacy, cyberwar, surveillance and technology related politics.