Miller-Keystone Blood Bank Will Close for Renovations

Miller-Keystone Blood Center is temporarily closing its doors in order to renovate the donor center.

The center, located on William Penn Highway in Palmer Township, will be closed from May 16 to June 1.

Marie Clemens, director of public relations for Miller-Keystone, “The renovation will not be an expansion. We are working within our current suite.”

The current suite has a waiting room, two screening rooms, canteen area and collection area. The renovation is designed to make better use of the space provided, Clemens said.

The renovation will include two additional chairs for whole blood donation and one additional chair for automated donation, Clemens said. Automated donation collects for double red cells or platelets. Currently, the center has two chairs for whole blood and two chairs for automated.

The Easton Donor Center will also get a third screening room and minor updates to the canteen area. Snacks and drinks are available in the canteen for donors while they wait 15 minutes before they are permitted to leave.  

It will enable them to collect more blood products and allow for more ease in scheduling donors, Miller-Keystone stated in a letter to patrons.
Since the Easton Donor Center will be closed, one of their bloodmobile coaches will be parked outside and will accept whole blood donations on May 17, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31 and June 1.

Miller-Keystone is asking automated donors to visit one of the other fixed site locations during this two-week period. The Easton center will re-open on June 2.
To make an appointment, donors can contact the Scheduling Department at 610-691-5850 or visit the web site at www.GIVEaPINT.org.