Bloodmobiles and winter weather!

[mobea]

Hi - wondering if anyone has a policy for when they will cancel a mobile drive due to the weather? Got a 40 ft bus, anticipating the snow that will surely come to the Northeast shortly, and would like to get an idea about what others do in this situation.

[heathervaught]

We always have to cancel at least a few blood mobiles every winter due to Indiana weather. I can't say that we have a policy stating that we will cancel if there is more than X inches...it is more of a judgement call. You should not only take into account the ability of your bus to get to the collection site, but the ability of your staff to get to work and donors to get to the site. You may have a more productive drive if you can reschedule. If you have to cancel several and it impacts your supply, then you should let the potential donors know that their rescheduled blood drive is more important than before.