List of blood donation agencies in the United States
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Nearly every hospital in the United States has a blood bank and transfusion service. The following is a list of groups that collect blood for transfusion and not a complete list of blood banks.


National organizations

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American Red Cross The American Red Cross (ARC), also known as the American National Red Cross, is a non-profit humanitarian organization that provides emergency assistance, disaster relief, and disaster preparedness education in the United States. It is the desi ...
(ARC), specifically the biomedical services division. The ARC provides about 35% of transfused blood in the US. *
America's Blood Centers Founded in 1962, America's Blood Centers (ABC) is an association of independent non-profit blood centers that operates in Canada and the United States. ABC member organizations operate more than 600 blood collection sites providing close to 60 per ...
(ABC), a North America's largest network of non-profit community blood centers. Most of the independent blood centers on this list are ABC members, and these account for approximately 60 percent of the U.S. blood supply. *
Blood Centers of America Blood is a body fluid in the circulatory system of humans and other vertebrates that delivers necessary substances such as nutrients and oxygen to the cells, and transports metabolic waste products away from those same cells. Blood in the c ...
(BCA), a national cooperative of independent blood centers. * Alliance for Community Transfusion Services (ACTS) is a strategic and operational alliance of independent blood centers that collect, process and distribute nearly 2 million blood products to patients in more than 750
hospital A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment with specialized health science and auxiliary healthcare staff and medical equipment. The best-known type of hospital is the general hospital, which typically has an emerge ...
s and healthcare facilities throughout the
United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...
. ACTS administers the nationwide emergency blood reserve known as the Blood Emergency Readiness Corps (BERC). *
New York Blood Center The New York Blood Center (NYBC) is a community, nonprofit blood bank based in New York City. Established in 1964 by Dr. Aaron Kellner, NYBC supplies blood to approximately 200 hospitals in the Northeast United States. NYBC and its operating divi ...
enterprise Founded in 1964 is a nonprofit organization that is one of the largest independent, community-based blood centers in the world. NYBC, along with its operating divisions Community Blood Center of Kansas City, Missouri (CBC), Innovative Blood Resources (IBR), Blood Bank of Delmarva (BBD), and Rhode Island Blood Center (RIBC), collect approximately 4,000 units of blood products each day and serve local communities of more than 75 million people in the Tri-State area (NY, NJ, CT), Mid Atlantic area (PA, DE, MD, VA), Missouri and Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, Rhode Island, and Southern New England. NYBC and its operating divisions also provide a wide array of transfusion-related medical services to over 500 hospitals nationally, including Comprehensive Cell Solutions, the National Center for Blood Group Genomics, the National Cord Blood Program, and the Lindsley F. Kimball Research Institute, which — among other milestones — developed a practical screening method for hepatitis B as well as a safe, effective and affordable vaccine, and a patented solvent detergent plasma process innovating blood-purification technology worldwide. *
Vitalant Vitalant (formerly Blood Systems Inc.) is a nonprofit organization that collects blood from volunteer donors and provides blood, blood products and services across the United States. It was founded in 1943 as the Salt River Valley Blood Bank in ...
(formerly Blood Systems Inc.) is an independent
nonprofit A nonprofit organization (NPO) or non-profit organisation, also known as a non-business entity, not-for-profit organization, or nonprofit institution, is a legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public or social benefit, in co ...
organization that collects blood from volunteer donors and provides
blood Blood is a body fluid in the circulatory system of humans and other vertebrates that delivers necessary substances such as nutrients and oxygen to the cells, and transports metabolic waste products away from those same cells. Blood in the c ...
, blood products and services across the United States.


Regional organizations

This is a list of organizations by state or territory. Some of the names are very similar but refer to different organizations.


A-H

* Alabama ** LifeSouth Community Blood Centers * Alaska ** Blood Bank of Alaska * Arkansas ** Arkansas Blood Institute * California ** Central California Blood Center **Houchin Community Blood Bank **LifeStream Blood Bank **Northern California Community Blood Bank **San Diego Blood Bank **Stanford Blood Center **UCLA Blood & Platelet Center * Colorado ** St. Mary's Hospital Blood Center * Delaware ** Blood Bank of Delmarva * Florida **Innovative Transfusion Medicine ** LifeSouth Community Blood Centers ** OneBlood **SunCoast Blood Centers **
Winter Haven Hospital Community Blood Center Winter is the coldest season of the year in polar and temperate climates. It occurs after autumn and before spring. The tilt of Earth's axis causes seasons; winter occurs when a hemisphere is oriented away from the Sun. Different cultures ...
* Georgia ** Atlanta Blood Services ** LifeSouth Community Blood Centers ** Shepeard Community Blood Center ** The Blood Connection * Hawaii ** Blood Bank of Hawaii


I-M

* Illinois ** Community Blood Services of Illinois ** ImpactLife (Formerly: Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center) **Rock River Valley Blood Center **Versiti Illinois * Indiana ** South Bend Medical Foundation ** Versiti Indiana * Iowa ** LifeServe Blood Center **ImpactLife (Formerly: Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center) * Kentucky ** Kentucky Blood Center ** Western Kentucky Regional Blood Center * Louisiana ** East Jefferson General Hospital Blood Bank ** LifeShare Blood Center ** Ochsner Blood Bank ** Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center ** The Blood Center * Michigan **Versiti Michigan * Mississippi ** Mississippi Blood Services * Missouri ** Community Blood Center (Kansas City) ** Community Blood Center of the Ozarks


N-R

*Nebraska **Nebraska Community Blood Bank * New York **ConnectLife **
New York Blood Center The New York Blood Center (NYBC) is a community, nonprofit blood bank based in New York City. Established in 1964 by Dr. Aaron Kellner, NYBC supplies blood to approximately 200 hospitals in the Northeast United States. NYBC and its operating divi ...
* North Carolina ** The Blood Connection * Ohio ** Community Blood Center (Dayton) ** Hoxworth Blood Center ** Versiti Ohio ** Vitalant * Oklahoma **
Oklahoma Blood Institute Oklahoma Blood Institute is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that operates in Oklahoma, Texas and Arkansas. It is the sixth largest blood collector in the United States and is the primary provider of blood products to over 160 hospitals and health ...
* Oregon **Bloodworks Northwest *Pennsylvania **Central Pennsylvania Blood Bank **Community Blood Bank of Northwest Pennsylvania and Western New York **Miller-Keystone Blood Center * Rhode Island **Rhode Island Blood Center


S-Z

*South Carolina ** The Blood Connection * Tennessee ** Blood Assurance ** LIFELINE Blood Services ** Marsh Regional Blood Center ** MEDIC Regional Blood Center * Texas ** Baylor Scott & White Blood Center **
Carter BloodCare Carter BloodCare is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that operates in approximately 50 Texas counties. It is one of the largest blood centers in operation in the United States. The organization is accredited by AABB (formerly the American Asso ...
** Coastal Bend Blood Center ** Coffee Memorial Blood Center ** Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center ** Hendrick Regional Blood Center ** South Texas Blood & Tissue Center ** Texas Blood Institute ** We Are Blood * Utah ** ARUP Blood Services * Virginia ** Inova Blood Donor Services * Washington **Cascade Regional Blood Services **
Bloodworks Northwest Bloodworks Northwest is a blood bank and medical research institute headquartered in Seattle, Washington, that serves 90 hospitals in western Washington and Oregon. It has formerly been known as the Puget Sound Blood Center and King County Centr ...
* Wisconsin ** Blood Center of Northcentral Wisconsin **
Memorial Blood Centers Memorial Blood Centers is a blood bank in Minnesota, United States. It is a division of Innovative Blood Resources (IBR), and supplies blood to hospitals and clinic partners, national blood centers, biotechnology companies, research institutio ...
**The Community Blood Center ** Versiti Wisconsin


See also

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Blood donation A blood donation occurs when a person voluntarily has blood drawn and used for blood transfusion, transfusions and/or made into biopharmaceutical medications by a process called Blood fractionation, fractionation (separation of whole blood com ...


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