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Taitra June 9, 2010. For: The Honorable Mr. Bret Lee. Blood Systems Inc.
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TaitraJune 9, 2010 For: The Honorable Mr. Bret Lee
Blood Systems Inc. Founded in 1943 as the Salt River Valley Blood Bank in Phoenix, Arizona, today Blood Systems is one of the nation’s oldest and largest blood service providers. Our non-profit community blood centers, United Blood Services, Blood Centers of the Pacific, and Inland Northwest Blood Center provide blood, blood components, and special services to patients in more than 500 hospitals in 20 states, from California to the Gulf Coast, from the “Tip o’ Texas” to the Canadian border.
Blood Systems Mission Blood Systems exists to make a difference in people’s livesby bringing together the best people,inspiring individuals to donate blood,producing a safe and ample blood supply,advancing cutting-edge research andembracing continuous quality improvement.
Structure • Blood Systems national headquarters in Phoenix/Scottsdale • Blood Centers Division community-based blood centers (United Blood Services, Blood Centers of the Pacific, Inland Northwest Blood Center) • BioCARE pharmaceutical derivatives • Creative Testing Solutions viral marker testing, HLA testing, immunohematology • Blood Systems Research Institute international leaders in transfusion medicine research
Blood Donor Centers • Colorado • Durango • Idaho • Coeur d’Alene** • Lewiston** • Louisiana • Baton Rouge • Lafayette • Morgan City • Thibodaux • Mississippi • Hattiesburg • Meridian • Tupelo • Montana • Billings • Butte • Nevada • Carson City • Henderson • Las Vegas • Reno • Sparks • New Mexico • Albuquerque • Farmington • Las Cruces • Rio Rancho • Roswell • Santa Fe • North Dakota • Bismarck • Fargo • Minot • South Dakota • Aberdeen • Mitchell • Rapid City • Texas • El Paso • Lubbock • McAllen • Midland • Odessa • San Angelo • Washington • Moses Lake • Spokane • Wyoming • Casper • Cheyenne *Blood Centers of the Pacific ** Inland Northwest Blood Center • Arizona • Chandler • Cottonwood • Flagstaff • Glendale • Goodyear • Mesa • Paradise Valley • Phoenix • Prescott • Scottsdale • Yuma • Arkansas • Fort Smith • Hot Springs • California • Camarillo • Cupertino* • Fairfield* • Millbrae* • Napa* • Redding* • Redwood City* • San Francisco* • San Luis Obispo • San Rafael* • Santa Barbara • Santa Maria • Thousand Oaks • Ukiah* • Ventura • Walnut Creek*
Operational Scope • Collected ~1.5 million blood donations • Tested 3.3 million blood samples for ~150 blood and tissue facilities • 3,900 employees • 15 regional blood centers serving patients in more than 500 hospitals in 20 states
In a Typical Day… • 3,607 red blood cell donations are collected • 351 staff go out on 77 blood drives to meet, interview and collect blood from 2,028 volunteer blood donors • 3,305 people donate at 73 donor centers • $4,000 worth of juice and cookies is consumed by donors • $149,000 is spent on testing costs • $128,265 is spent on collection supplies such as: blood bags, arm preps, gloves, needles and Co-Wrap™ bandages (the bandage wrapped around your arm after a blood donation) • Hospitals use 3,245 units of red blood cells for surgeries and emergency treatment • Hospitals use 450 units of apheresis platelets for leukemia and other cancer patients • Patients with clotting deficiencies receive 952 units of plasma • 370 units of cryoprecipitate are transfused to hemophilia patients • Each day, United Blood Services deploys a fleet of 543 vehicles, including 92 self-contained buses
Critical Manufacturing Supplies • Sampling sets • Samplink Access Device (SAD) • Shipping Containers • Blue Ice • Boxes • Foam inserts • Gel paks • Igloos • MC 40’s • Solutions • Sterile Connecting Device Wafers • Syringes • Thermometer probe covers • Temp A Dot • Test Tubes • Transfer paks/pedi-paks/platelet bags/plasma bags/freezing bags • Whole Blood Collection Sets • Additive solutions • Anticoagulant solutions • Apheresis collection kits • Arm scrub • Automated cell washer processing set • Blood culture bottles • Capillary tubes • Copper sulfate vials • Dosimetry maps/TLD’s • Filters, leukoreduction • Gloves, sterile • Glycerol • Labels/Donation numbers • Luer adapter • Pipet tips • Reagents/Controls • Sample tubes