Hospitals need that in emergency situations. You can give type O blood to anyone without knowing their blood type, so it's extremely important to have.

We really need to get back to a point where one of our hospitals calls us, we can fill their orders. All of their orders and we don't have to put them on hold.

If we don't have the blood on hand, most blood centers also won't have the blood on hand as well.

We're calling our donors, we're asking them to come in. We're e-mailing our donors.

This morning we had back orders on all those; we're pretty much at zero for almost everything.

We understand that the Louisiana attorney general is investigating all deaths that occurred at New Orleans hospitals and nursing homes after the hurricane, and we fully support and are cooperating with him.