MUSC Health adds community blood center as blood provider
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Feb. 9, 2022) – The Blood Connection (TBC), an independently managed, non-profit community blood center is now a supplemental blood provider for MUSC Health. READ MORE
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Feb. 9, 2022) – The Blood Connection (TBC), an independently managed, non-profit community blood center is now a supplemental blood provider for MUSC Health. READ MORE
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Grand Rapids Community College has announced a new scholarship program that will cover full tuition costs for four students each year who enroll in the college’s phlebotomy program. READ MORE
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – As a result of the nationwide blood shortage, Mississippi Blood Services (MBS) joined the Blood Emergency Readiness Corps Program, which helps gets blood to people in need during a mass transfusion disaster. Blood centers in the program commit to collecting extra units on a rotating schedule
Dec. 13, 2021 – On Saturday morning, the Blood Emergency Readiness Corps (BERC) activated in response to the devastating tornadoes that struck several midwestern and southern states overnight. Blood products were shipped by partnering blood centers to ensure Blood Assurance in Chattanooga, Tenn. had access to a needed blood supply
Nation’s first emergency blood reserve doubles in size Blood Emergency Readiness Corps grows to 19 blood centers serving 18 states Nov. 9, 2021 – Formed just eight weeks ago, the Blood Emergency Readiness Corps (BERC) has more than doubled its size to include participation from 19 community blood centers which
Kentucky Blood Center is pleased to announce a new partnership with The Milk Bank, a nonprofit improving health outcomes for premature and ill infants. Starting Monday, October 4, 2021, four KBC locations will begin serving as Milk Depot locations where approved donors can drop off donations of frozen breast milk. READ
CINCINNATI (August 1, 2021) – Hoxworth Blood Center, University of Cincinnati is pleased to announce the promotion of Caroline Alquist, MD, PhD, F(ACHI) and Judith Gonzalez, BS, MT(ASCP), CLT, to the Cabinet of the blood center management team. Alquist will serve as the Chief Transplant-Services Officer and Gonzalez as the
Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center has launched eDelphyn, the next generation of blood banking software. Though eDelphyn’s innovative system has been used internationally for automated blood management processes, the Houston-based blood center is the first in the US to implement the software. As a result, the system, developed by GPI
MEDIC Regional Blood Center in Knoxville, TN has joined twelve other independent blood centers in the Alliance for Community Transfusion Services (ACTS). ACTS was formed in 2010 to strengthen relationships between community blood programs and their local hospitals. READ MORE
New name unites Blood Center’s four-state service region under a single identity(May 3, 2021 | Davenport, Iowa) – In a change that will align its employees, donors, and volunteers of its four-state service region under a single identity, Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center (MVRBC) is changing its name to ImpactLife.
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