Bloodworks

Programs: Your community resource for lifesaving bloodwith the help of 230,000 registered donors and volunteers in the region, bloodworks collects about 800 units of blood each day. All blood receives immediate, comprehensive testing so that it can be available to more than 90 hospitals usually in less than 24 hours after donation. Bloodworks operates 12 donor centers and their mobile units travel to hundreds of blood drives every month at work sites, schools, places of worship, and other community locations throughout the pacific northwest . See schedule o for continued description of activity. Transfusion medicine expertsbloodworks' operations are an essential component of the region's healthcare system providing a safe, stable and community-based blood supply for northwest communities. Bloodworks' physicians are transfusion experts, available to hospitals 24/7 for consultation on challenging cases. Bloodworks' transfusion safety officers work in hospitals to ensure that blood transfusions are performed according to current best medical practices. Patient servicesour team of physicians and nurses is recognized as premier specialists in the therapeutic application of apheresisprocedures that separate blood into its components. The team is available 24/7 to perform therapeutic plasma exchanges, cell depletions, outpatient transfusion services, peripheral blood stem cell collections, and red cell exchanges. Washington center for bleeding disordersestablished in 1974, our treatment center for hemophilia and bleeding disorders offers comprehensive services to hemophilia patients including physician and nursing care as well as statewide clinics, educational outreach, counseling, physical therapy and home infusion training. Laboratories and immunogeneticsour multiple labs offer diverse services to healthcare providers. We genotype and phenotype donor blood and platelets from thousands of donors annually to provide blood that is a "perfect match" for transplant patients and for patients with complex blood types. We perform diagnostic testing of patients with bleeding disorders, undertake clinical trial work, partner with hospital transplant programs, and support innovative studies with the bloodworks research institute. Cord blood programbloodworks partners with hospitals across the region to recover and store umbilical cord blood from new mothers - an important source of stem cells for use in cancer treatment, metabolic or immune system disorders, and research. Bloodworks created the first and only public umbilical cord blood bank in the northwest, and has program partnerships with 12 hospitals across washington, oregon and hawaii. Bone marrow collectionworking in concert with the national marrow donor program, bloodworks coordinates lab testing, stem cell collection and follow-up with registered donors who are supporting treatment of patients with leukemia and other life-threatening conditions

we are a research institute with over 70 years of research and discoveries. Bloodworks scientists have transformed patient care with breakthroughs in transfusion medicine, blood biology, blood storage, cancer therapies, organ transplantation, and treatment of clotting disorders. Today, our staff of 70 scientists across 11 laboratories continues to search for new knowledge and new technologies to improve patient care. Bloodworks' scientists can be found in medical schools and at scientific forums sharing the latest blood science with doctors from around the region - and around the world.