A story of Israel's MDA Blood Bank

A few months ago I've invited Israel's Blood Bank to "collect blood" at my workplace, where 30 volunteers signed up in advance to donate blood. The MDA team was very polite, professional and attentive. But, I did find a way for them to be more efficient. I estimate they could take blood from at least 30% more people than they did take blood from.

A couple of assumptions

• There were more people willing to donate blood at our office than people who actually donated blood. I'm pretty sure that's the case. There was a line of people standing around the bloodmobile the whole day, and some people didn't donate in the end of the day.
• They need more blood. I'm pretty sure of that as well. As a member of the blood donation organization, it's a "known thing" that there's a constant shortage of blood in Israel.

What did I observe

• The team that operated the blood mobile has to take care of a lot of stuff.