Although blood centers across the nation face supply shortages, South Texas Blood And Tissue said they’re prepared to help respond to nationwide tragedies.
A nationwide partnership is helping ensure blood is stocked up and available for any large-scale emergency, including mass shootings, and a local blood center is helping lead the efforts.– A nationwide partnership is helping ensure blood is stocked up and available for any large-scale emergency, including mass shootings, and a local blood center is helping lead the efforts.
South Texas Blood and Tissue is one of the 33 community blood centers that make up the Blood Emergency Readiness Corps, or BERC. “It started out with seven blood centers,” said Mohammed Sayed, the blood center’s director of donor recruitment. “ banded together to make sure that we have a steady and stable supply of O-type blood ready to go for assistance in any mass casualty or mass trauma event.
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