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[http://www.mbc.org/Home? Memorial Blood Centers] is a Minnesota Blood Bank.
Memorial Blood Centers, a division of Innovative Blood Resources, has been saving and sustaining lives for 70 years. A Minnesota-based, independent nonprofit, that supplies blood nationwide to hospitals and clinic partners, national blood centers, biotechnology companies, research institutions, and international clients from Australia to Switzerland.
Member of [https://ift.tt/TQuJwY AMERICA's BLOOD CENTERS], [https://ift.tt/1KQgdTi Minnesota Hospital Association](MHA), [https://ift.tt/1tE40po American Association of Blood Banks, ]AABB, and [http://bca.coop BCA]Blood Centers of America. Not affiliated with [https://ift.tt/1hBZ7TP The Red Cross], the nation's leading organization for blood collection<ref>https://ift.tt/2HijV8E>.
[https://ift.tt/2uWLYYI Innovative Blood Resources](IBR) was formed in 2010 as a merger of Memorial Blood Centers and Nebraska Community Blood Bank to mitigate the increasing costs of blood collection and testing. It formed a strategic partnership with New York Blood Center (NYBC) in 2016 to leverage the generosity of midwest blood donors.
'''History'''
Formed in 1948, as [https://ift.tt/2Himszx War Memorial Blood Bank], the name was changed in 1985 to Memorial Blood Centers.
In 1992, the Minnesota Supreme Court reviewed the case of testing blood by donors when a woman was infected with HIV because she received two units of packed red blood cells. The two units of blood were sent by Red Cross to Memorial under terms of a reciprocal blood-sharing agreement. Memorial stored the blood until it was sold to Fairview Southdale Hospital for the woman's transfusion<ref>https://ift.tt/2uSQpUm>.
In 2000, additional donor centers opened in Hibbing, Coon Rapids, Virginia, Eden Prairie, and Bloomington.
MBC moves to its new St. Paul headquarters with state-of-the-art laboratory facilities to provide infectious disease testing and life-saving transfusion consultation, participate in the rare blood donor program, and support families and organizations with parentage and immigration testing services.
Named Associate Member of the Year in 2007 by the Minnesota Hospital Association (MHA) and among the first group of blood centers in the nation to implement ISBT 128, an internationally standardized blood product labeling system for added quality and safety.
Blood donations surpass 125,000 in 2008 and increase 20% from 2006 to 2009<ref>https://ift.tt/2HhNOG5>.
MBC received the 2008 Minnesota Quality Award.
'''2007 provided MBC with massive publicity and catapulted the local blood center to national prominence.'''
In August, 2007 the 35W Bridge collapsed<ref>https://ift.tt/2uTSuj6>, and MBC became a key player as it supplied blood to the nearest hospital: [https://ift.tt/2HimQhw HCMC] Hennepin County Medical Center<ref>https://ift.tt/2uXgFNj>. Over 36 hours of continuous scrolling coverage on CNN, Fox News and national media outlets encouraged donations to MBC. Media response uniformly encouraged blood donation and community response was overwhelming resulting in Memorial Blood Centers receiving over 11,000 phone calls in the two days following the disaster. The usual collection of ∼400 units/day was doubled to almost 800 units and on the second day after the disaster (8/3/07) the blood center issued press releases noting that the immediate needs had been met. <ref>https://ift.tt/2HjneMO>. The Minnesota Twins teamed up with Memorial Blood Centers in 2008 to create [https://ift.tt/2uV9tS7 First Responder's Day].
In December, 2007, a stolen laptop<ref>https://ift.tt/2HjcPRl> caused 268,000 MBC blood donors<ref>https://ift.tt/2uVYOql> to experience a data breach<ref>https://ift.tt/2HlNGFO> and caused MBC to join[https://ift.tt/2uWH8uz The Laptop Losers Hall of Shame].
In 2010, MBC received the Minnesota Quality Award. In 2012, MBC merged with Nebraska Community Blood Bank. In 2014, Memorial Blood Centers began providing O negative red blood cells to air ambulances. It began screening for babesia in 2015 and zika in 2016<ref>https://ift.tt/2HhNOG5>.
In 2015, Donald C. Berglund, CEO was compensated $342,201 salary plus $112,297 for a total compensation package of $454,498<ref>https://ift.tt/2HkUOlB>. This compensation was surpassed by Dr. Jed Gorlin, Medical Director, who received a salary of $378,685 and $78,911 to total $457,596. This surpasses the median salary in the Twin Cities of $260,000 by 75%, according to the [https://ift.tt/2uX5g0e Star Tribune: What's a Fair Salary to Run A NonProfit?].
'''Laboratory Services'''
Medical Research is conducted at the Pelham address, and create a wide range of blood products which are tested and processed<ref>https://ift.tt/2Hj8Ns4>.
MBC works with Be the Match, [https://bethematch.org The National Marrow Donor Program] to provide collection, processing, cryopreservation,storage and infusion support services<ref>https://ift.tt/2uVEDbM>.
Community education and outreach is an important part of MBC's mission. Staff participate in continuing education opportunities and transfusion support expertise<ref>https://ift.tt/2HiTXBX>.
Memorial Blood Centers, a division of Innovative Blood Resources, has been saving and sustaining lives for 70 years. A Minnesota-based, independent nonprofit, that supplies blood nationwide to hospitals and clinic partners, national blood centers, biotechnology companies, research institutions, and international clients from Australia to Switzerland.
Member of [https://ift.tt/TQuJwY AMERICA's BLOOD CENTERS], [https://ift.tt/1KQgdTi Minnesota Hospital Association](MHA), [https://ift.tt/1tE40po American Association of Blood Banks, ]AABB, and [http://bca.coop BCA]Blood Centers of America. Not affiliated with [https://ift.tt/1hBZ7TP The Red Cross], the nation's leading organization for blood collection<ref>https://ift.tt/2HijV8E>.
[https://ift.tt/2uWLYYI Innovative Blood Resources](IBR) was formed in 2010 as a merger of Memorial Blood Centers and Nebraska Community Blood Bank to mitigate the increasing costs of blood collection and testing. It formed a strategic partnership with New York Blood Center (NYBC) in 2016 to leverage the generosity of midwest blood donors.
'''History'''
Formed in 1948, as [https://ift.tt/2Himszx War Memorial Blood Bank], the name was changed in 1985 to Memorial Blood Centers.
In 1992, the Minnesota Supreme Court reviewed the case of testing blood by donors when a woman was infected with HIV because she received two units of packed red blood cells. The two units of blood were sent by Red Cross to Memorial under terms of a reciprocal blood-sharing agreement. Memorial stored the blood until it was sold to Fairview Southdale Hospital for the woman's transfusion<ref>https://ift.tt/2uSQpUm>.
In 2000, additional donor centers opened in Hibbing, Coon Rapids, Virginia, Eden Prairie, and Bloomington.
MBC moves to its new St. Paul headquarters with state-of-the-art laboratory facilities to provide infectious disease testing and life-saving transfusion consultation, participate in the rare blood donor program, and support families and organizations with parentage and immigration testing services.
Named Associate Member of the Year in 2007 by the Minnesota Hospital Association (MHA) and among the first group of blood centers in the nation to implement ISBT 128, an internationally standardized blood product labeling system for added quality and safety.
Blood donations surpass 125,000 in 2008 and increase 20% from 2006 to 2009<ref>https://ift.tt/2HhNOG5>.
MBC received the 2008 Minnesota Quality Award.
'''2007 provided MBC with massive publicity and catapulted the local blood center to national prominence.'''
In August, 2007 the 35W Bridge collapsed<ref>https://ift.tt/2uTSuj6>, and MBC became a key player as it supplied blood to the nearest hospital: [https://ift.tt/2HimQhw HCMC] Hennepin County Medical Center<ref>https://ift.tt/2uXgFNj>. Over 36 hours of continuous scrolling coverage on CNN, Fox News and national media outlets encouraged donations to MBC. Media response uniformly encouraged blood donation and community response was overwhelming resulting in Memorial Blood Centers receiving over 11,000 phone calls in the two days following the disaster. The usual collection of ∼400 units/day was doubled to almost 800 units and on the second day after the disaster (8/3/07) the blood center issued press releases noting that the immediate needs had been met. <ref>https://ift.tt/2HjneMO>. The Minnesota Twins teamed up with Memorial Blood Centers in 2008 to create [https://ift.tt/2uV9tS7 First Responder's Day].
In December, 2007, a stolen laptop<ref>https://ift.tt/2HjcPRl> caused 268,000 MBC blood donors<ref>https://ift.tt/2uVYOql> to experience a data breach<ref>https://ift.tt/2HlNGFO> and caused MBC to join[https://ift.tt/2uWH8uz The Laptop Losers Hall of Shame].
In 2010, MBC received the Minnesota Quality Award. In 2012, MBC merged with Nebraska Community Blood Bank. In 2014, Memorial Blood Centers began providing O negative red blood cells to air ambulances. It began screening for babesia in 2015 and zika in 2016<ref>https://ift.tt/2HhNOG5>.
In 2015, Donald C. Berglund, CEO was compensated $342,201 salary plus $112,297 for a total compensation package of $454,498<ref>https://ift.tt/2HkUOlB>. This compensation was surpassed by Dr. Jed Gorlin, Medical Director, who received a salary of $378,685 and $78,911 to total $457,596. This surpasses the median salary in the Twin Cities of $260,000 by 75%, according to the [https://ift.tt/2uX5g0e Star Tribune: What's a Fair Salary to Run A NonProfit?].
'''Laboratory Services'''
Medical Research is conducted at the Pelham address, and create a wide range of blood products which are tested and processed<ref>https://ift.tt/2Hj8Ns4>.
MBC works with Be the Match, [https://bethematch.org The National Marrow Donor Program] to provide collection, processing, cryopreservation,storage and infusion support services<ref>https://ift.tt/2uVEDbM>.
Community education and outreach is an important part of MBC's mission. Staff participate in continuing education opportunities and transfusion support expertise<ref>https://ift.tt/2HiTXBX>.
April 09, 2018 at 11:02AM
