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More than
6 million volunteer blood donations are made to the American Red
For more than 50 years, the American Red Cross has remained an innovator and leader in transfusion medicine and research. Started as a war relief effort to provide lifesaving blood for soldiers during World War II, American Red Cross Blood Services collects and distributes half of the nation's blood supply, providing blood products that are as safe and reliable as possible. The American Red Cross has set new standards for safety and quality and is touching more lives than ever before. Headquartered in Norfolk, Virginia, the Mid-Atlantic Regional Blood Services also has donation centers and offices in Charlottesville and Fredericksburg, Virginia, and Greenville, North Carolina. We provide blood to hospitals in central and eastern Virginia and eastern North Carolina. The Mid-Atlantic Region collected more than 160,000 blood donations last year and the need increases each year. We rely heavily
on the efforts of Red Cross volunteers and chapters located in the
communities we serve. Please visit the Donor
News or the Donor Programs
section to learn more about services offered by some of these chapters. The Mid-Atlantic Region provides 24-hour medical consultation, plus we maintain donor deferral and rare-donor registries and offer extensive testing and research services through world-renowned Reference and Research Departments. Nationally, the American Red Cross Blood Services program operates under license from the Federal Office of Biologics of the Food & Drug Administration (FDA), and it participates in system-wide blood resource sharing. Red Cross Blood Services has nine national testing laboratories, and the national program insures optimum and consistent regulatory compliance and helps extend the availability of new services to hospitals.
The American Red Cross Biomedical Services…the recognized leader…always there…trusted and compassionate…touching more lives…with tomorrow's innovations. |
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