LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Blood supply in Kentucky is low, and the Kentucky Blood Center is asking people to donate.
All blood types are needed, but KBC has especially low inventory of A negative and O negative blood. On Thursday, KBC said in a release that it has less than a half day of blood products to supply the more than 70 hospitals in Kentucky it services.
KBC reports there is only a day’s supply of O negative, which is the universal blood type used in emergency situations when a patient’s blood type is unknown…