Congress for its dedication to disaster preparedness and the community, TBC works diligently to collect blood from volunteer donors to meet the ever-increasing demand. TBC is an independently managed, not-for-profit, community blood center that provides blood products to around 100 hospitals within Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina. TBC encourages both whole blood and platelet donations.įounded in Greenville, SC, The Blood Connection has been committed to saving lives since 1962. TBC is asking the community to help it meet the daily needs of hospitals by donating blood.īlood donors must be healthy, weigh at least 110 pounds, and be 17 years old or 16 with written parental consent. Surgery patients, accident victims, patients with cancer and newborn babies all count on the local blood supply. population is eligible to donate blood, only 3% of people do.
The Blood Connection provides blood products to more than 100 hospitals in Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina. Despite the regional and national blood shortage, TBC has proven to be a stable and dedicated partner for local hospitals – committing itself to ensuring blood products are readily available when needed. Throughout the past year, TBC has seen historically low donor turnout, impacting the regional blood supply. This announcement comes during a critical time for blood donations. Blood mobiles will be dispatched from this location to blood drives across the Augusta region. The location will house TBC’s bloodmobiles and team of donor recruiters, phlebotomists, and mobile staging specialists. In addition to providing a convenient location for community members to donate blood, this site will also serve as an operational hub for TBC. With this partnership, blood donors can feel confident knowing their donations are helping their community. TBC announced a new partnership as a blood supplier for Doctors Hospital of Augusta in July of 2022. TBC, formerly known as Carolina-Georgia Blood Center, originally formed to be a blood provider for small hospitals in Georgia and South Carolina, before it eventually grew to become The Blood Connection. This site will be TBC’s second fixed-site donation facility in Georgia and first in Augusta, beginning a monumental chapter for the Augusta community and its healthcare system. The new center is located less than a mile from Doctors Hospital and will provide a consistent and convenient location for blood donors in the region.Īlthough TBC has been supplying blood to the Georgia medical community for decades, TBC’s newest fixed donation site represents a milestone for the organization. 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - The Blood Connection, a non-profit community blood center serving Doctors Hospital of Augusta, is opening a new blood donation center at 3156 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 201. Center to Help Ensure a Strong Community Blood SupplyĪugusta, GA, Aug.
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