About Blood Services
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The Carolinas Blood Services Region - Team Carolinas - is headquartered in Charlotte, NC, and encompasses 82 counties in North Carolina and parts of South Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee. There are 60 Red Cross chapters within this 36,000 square mile area, which includes a population of more than 6 million people.
The Carolinas Region serves more than 100 hospitals and medical centers, distributing approximately 1,500-1,600 blood products each day to assist in the care of patients. To accomplish all this, we employ approximately 1,040 staff members and work with thousands of volunteers each year.
The Carolinas Region collects blood from 11 permanent sites. These sites include:
Asheville
100 Edgewood Road
Asheville, NC 28804
Johnson City
Burlington Park
2203 McKinley Road
Suite 219
Johnson City, TN 37604
Cary
3700 Regency Parkway
Suite 150
Cary, NC 27518-8506
North Raleigh
8301 Bandford Way
Raleigh , NC 27613
Charlotte
2425 Park Road
Charlotte, NC 28203
Raleigh
100 North Peartree Lane
Raleigh, NC 27610
Durham
4737 University Drive
University Place #3
Durham, NC 27707
Wilmington
1102 S. 16th Street
Wilmington, NC 28401
Greensboro
1501 Yanceyville Street
Greensboro, NC 27405
Winston-Salem
650 Coliseum Drive
Winston-Salem, NC 27106
Huntersville
9800 W. Kincey Avenue
Suite 110 Calhoun Bldg.
Huntersville, NC 28078
In addition, we conduct more than 10,000 blood drives each year in companies, churches, schools, shopping malls and more.
In 2002, area residents donated more than 400,000 units of whole blood, each unit represents one blood donation and more than 50,000 apheresis products. Due to your generosity, the Carolinas Region has been the leading Red Cross region in the nation in collections for the last six years.
Other programs and services offered by Carolinas Blood Services Region include:
- Two 24/7 reference laboratories
- Frozen rare units of blood - The American Red Cross maintains the National Rare Donor Registry
- Therapeutic apheresis
- Perioperative autologous salvage - the recycling of a patient's blood during surgery
- Bone marrow, stem cell and sickle cell programs
- Autologous (donating for one's self) and directed donations
Please call 1800-GIVE LIFE (1-800-448-3543) for more information or to schedule an appointment.
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