TBC in the news
Midwest tornadoes activate nation’s emergency blood reserve, The Blood Connection responds
The Blood Emergency Readiness Corps (BERC) has been activated in response to the tornado outbreak in the Midwest.
The Blood Connection joins nation’s first emergency blood reserve
Facing an increasingly unsteady blood supply, The Blood Connection has helped establish a first-in-the-nation partnership to prepare The Carolinas and Georgia for emergency situations where blood needs are high.
“I Wouldn’t Have Survived”: Upstate mom shares importance of blood donation as supplies remain dangerously low: Greenville Journal (SC)
When she suffered unexpected complications after the birth of her first baby, Kristen Odom needed blood. Lots of it.
The Citadel Athletics and The Blood Connection Enter into Multi-Year Partnership with Mission to Save Lives in the Lowcountry
The Blood Connection, your community non-profit blood center, is excited to announce its new partnership with The Citadel Athletics. The military college in downtown Charleston will officially welcome The Blood Connection (TBC) to campus when their partnership kicks off on September 22nd with a blood drive for the Corps of Cadets and Charleston community.
‘Some people have described it as a miracle:’ Community blood center aiding in hopeful pandemic-ending testing: WNCT (NC)
The fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and now the rising Delta variant is gaining help from organizations across the nation. Now, The Blood Connection in North Carolina is working to help relieve hospitals of some of their stress.
The Blood Connection to offer COVID-19 Antibody Testing for all Blood Donors as Virus Cases Spike
The Blood Connection (TBC), a local non-profit, community blood center, is offering COVID-19 antibody screening to all blood donors starting Wednesday, August 18. The antibody screening will test each donor’s blood to see if it contains antibodies from the COVID-19 vaccine and/or antibodies from exposure to the COVID-19 virus. TBC will be offering this testing for all donations for a limited time.
Emergency press conference explains need for blood donors: WRAL (NC)
The Blood Connection holds an emergency press conference with its local hospital partners, UNC Rex Healthcare, and WakeMed Health, to explain the current state of blood supply.
The Blood Connection: Upstate blood supplies are in a ‘critical position’: Greenville Journal (SC)
Blood supplies have been running historically-low for historically-high periods of time in the Upstate, putting a strain on local hospitals’ ability to meet patient needs, Upstate health officials said on Thursday, July 8.
The Blood Connection in Myrtle Beach encourages locals to donate: WPDE (SC)
The Blood Connection in Myrtle Beach hosted an emergency press conference Wednesday morning with their local hospital partners Grand Strand Medical Center and Conway Medical Center.
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