Outpatient Blood Collection Temporarily Unavailable
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Health Services advises the public of a temporary disruption to outpatient blood collection services on the Island portion of the province due to downtime required to upgrade the provincial laboratory software system and its hardware.
Outpatient blood collection in Eastern–Urban, Eastern–Rural and Western Zones, along with the Island portion of Labrador-Grenfell Zone, will be unavailable on Wednesday, March 13.
Outpatient blood collection in Central Zone will also be unavailable on Wednesday, March 13, with the following exceptions:
| Site | Blood Collection Unavailability |
| Fogo Island Health Centre | Tuesday, March 12, beginning at 11:00 a.m.
Wednesday, March 13, beginning at 9:00 a.m. |
| Dr. YK Jeon Kittiwake Health Centre, New-Wes-Valley | |
| Notre Dame Bay Memorial Health Centre, Twillingate | |
| A. M. Guy Memorial Health Centre, Buchans | Tuesday, March 12, beginning at 11:00 a.m. |
| Bay d’Espoir Community Health Centre, St. Alban’s | |
| Connaigre Peninsula Health Centre, Harbour Breton | |
| Green Bay Health Centre, Springdale | |
| Baie Verte Peninsula Health Centre |
Labrador will be unaffected, and services will continue normally there.
NL Health Services apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause.
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