Patients can schedule a screening mammogram at Tennova Healthcare – Clarksville by calling (931) 502-1180. Personalized compression is tailored to the structure of each woman’s breast for a more thorough exam.” “3D mammography offers the widest image acquisition angle in the industry, so doctors can see more. “When breast cancer is found early, the chances of survival are greatly improved, and 3D mammography is the best system to provide the quality images and patient experience to make early detection possible,” states Gina Wyatt, M.D., chief medical director of radiology at Tennova Healthcare - Clarksville. Potential advantages of 3-D mammography include fewer call backs for additional screening and testing, imaging that shows the inner breast structure more clearly, better detection because thin layers of tissue are shown separately, and improved imaging for dense breast tissue. Tennova Healthcare - Clarksville now offers breast 3D mammography technology that allows images to be magnified and adjusted on a computer screen for better visualization. Reach reporter Craig Shoup by email at and on Twitter To support his work, sign up for a digital subscription to Healthcare - Clarksville Now Offers 3D Mammography
Leading Blood Assurance is an advisory board made up of community leaders that work with the organization to stay ahead of community needs and growth to ensure blood shortages do not occur moving forward. 7 races at the Music City Grand Prix.ĭonors from Clarksville, Columbia, Cookeville, Bellevue, Cool Springs, Hermitage and Tullahoma that give blood through July 31 will be entered to win two general admission tickets to the races.Īll donors will also receive a $20 Amazon or Mastercard gift card for their donation.Īs Clarksville continues growing, Swafford said the need for blood donations will become even greater. The organization's newest promotion is to award donors tickets to the Aug. It's a race to save lives, and Blood Assurance is trying to recruit more donors. More from Craig Shoup: Life in the fast lane: Clarksville couple are new majority owners of NHRA racing team Recruitment efforts Generally, he said the goal is to have 100% of the donor supply from the Clarksville location supply Tennova.ĬOVID: COVID-19 cases increase in Montgomery County over last two weeks
"Right now, we are able to get enough donors to come in currently to care for about 60% of the blood that Tennova uses," Swafford said. It is a troubling number, and Swafford and his team are looking into why as the needs for blood donations rise.Įven as schools have returned to buildings full-time, and COVID-19 numbers have dropped off, the need for blood remains, Swafford said. "Traditionally, we are about a 50-50 mix of males and female donations, but over May through the middle of July period from last year, we lost about 900 donations from female donors," Swafford said. There is also a shortage of female donors. The 40 and younger donor base is shrinking.Īnd many younger donors are staying busy with jobs, families and other priorities, Swafford said. The challenge became attracting the student population to blood centers. Social distancing also took a toll, as mobile collections were also reduced.Ībout 16% of Blood Assurance's collection comes from high school and college-aged students, Swafford said.Īnd Blood Assurance was often unable to provide mobile services to schools or office buildings that went remote. Some of the issues with the supply chain can be attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic.Īt its height, more people were staying home and visits to the Wilma Rudolph donation center dropped. 1-June 30, Blood Assurance collected 761 units of blood in Montgomery County. Blood platelets can be donated every two weeks, but those platelets have a two-day shelf life.įrom Jan. Only 7% of the world's population is O-negative, meaning it is in the shortest supply while also being the most needed.īlood can be donated once every 56 days, Swafford said. "When that trauma comes in, until they know what blood type is, they're going to start giving out O-negative units," Swafford explained. When blood supply is short, Swafford said it can directly impact the emergency room at Tennova, one he cites as among the busiest in the state with oncology patients and a maternity ward. Considered the universal blood type, Type O-negative is considered critical to saving lives in Middle Tennessee, Swafford said, noting that the nonprofit usually wants to have 180 units of the universal supply in stock and ready to go if needed. One unit of blood is equal to roughly one pint, and the average blood transfusion can require almost three pints, Swafford said.īlood Assurance currently has about 19 units, or less than a two-day supply, of Type O-negative blood on its shelves. Right now, the local supply is critically low.
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