Blood Donor Program

St. Louis Blood Donation Services 

Mercy is the only hospital in Missouri that is mobile for its own blood supply. When you give blood or platelets, you give the precious gift of life to someone. Every day, people of all ages and from all walks of life will unexpectedly need blood. They could be accident victims, cancer patients, someone undergoing surgery, or tiny babies in the neonatal intensive care unit. They could be someone you know. Your caring spirit and the time given to donate blood can help save someone's life. We value your time and your contribution.

Blood Donor Services

Mercy offers the following blood donor services in St. Louis:

• Whole blood donor collection
• Autologous and directed blood collection
• Apheresis platelet collection

Your time is valuable. To minimize waiting time, please call and make an appointment or sign-up online. Recent travel to certain locals may be a cause for deferral, so please call ahead and discuss your travel history. If you come without an appointment, please:

• Know that we will do our best to serve you as quickly as we can
• Be at our collection site at least:
  • 1 hour prior to closing time for blood donation
  • 2 hours prior to closing time for platelet donation.

Blood Donor Screening

Routine blood donor screening measures are already in place designed to prevent individuals with clinical respiratory infections from donating blood. Donors must be well. We screen all donors about their current and past medical history and are taking additional precautions for COVID-19 following recent guidance from the FDA. To ensure the safety of our donors and the patients that will receive the lifesaving blood product, Mercy Blood Donor Services is implementing the following policies:

1) Donors are asked not to donate if:

• You have received a vaccination for Covid-19 (SARS-CoV-2) other than Pfizer, Moderna, or Johnson & Johnson in the past 14 days.
• You have tested positive or had symptoms of Covid-19 infection in the past 10 days.
• You have been within six feet of someone for greater than 15 minutes who has tested positive or has symptoms of the Covid-19 virus in the past 10 days.
• You have received monoclonal antibody treatment or antiviral medication for the Covid-19 virus in the past 12 months.

2) Donors will have their temperature taken upon arrival.

All donors will be required to bring a state-issued form of ID. Your safety is our first priority. We ask that donors come alone with no visitors, and masks must be worn at all times by everyone entering the building.

We maintain clean donation areas using accepted environmental cleaning standards. We are increasing the frequency of our cleaning and disinfection measures. It is critical for our donors to know that blood donation is safe and that patients with severe medical illnesses or undergoing urgent surgical procedures have an ongoing need for blood products that don’t go away during the pandemic. We appreciate the organizations and communities that have scheduled blood drives with Mercy Blood Donor Services.

Blood Donation FAQs