Hospitals with Blood Donor Centers onsite---MidAtlantic, SE, TX

Delivered June 8th, 2019. Contributors: Cliff K., Funmi A., Abhishek M., Stephie B. and

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15 university and non-university hospitals with their own blood donor centers and are located in NC, SC, KY, TN, VA, WV, FL, TX, AL, and GA are provided in the attached spreadsheet. 

EXAMPLE of Hospitals with their own blood donor centers Sampson Regional Medical Center is located in Clinton, NC and Natalie Lamb is the director of the hospital's transfusion services.
 Houston Methodist Hospital is located at 6565 Fannin Street, Houston, TX 77030.
 Baptist Health Madisonville is located in Madisonville, KY and Cheryl Moore is the director of its transfusion services.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is based in Houston, TX  and Kai Cal is the director for the organization's transfusion services department.
 University Health System is located in San Antonio, TX and Linda Canada is the transfusion services manager.
RESEARCH STRATEGYIn order to compile a list of 15 university hospitals that have their own blood donor centers are that are located in NC, SC, KY, TN, VA, WV, FL, TX, AL, and GA, we reviewed the AABB website. This organization offers accreditation services to blood centers, transfusion services and blood banks. Using the 'state' filter on the AABB website, we methodically reviewed each state's accredited university hospitals for the aforementioned states. Also, we ensured that we did not duplicate any of the hospitals with those already entered on the attached spreadsheet. However, from this exercise we only managed to locate six university hospitals.

Having exhausted all the relevant university hospitals that have their own blood donor center and are within the above stated states, we expanded our search to include suitable non-university hospitals listed in the AABB website (through the above strategy). This strategy provided the remaining nine hospitals.

As regards the identification of the hospitals’ transfusion director or transfusion safety officer, we were unable to gather information pertaining to these officials for some hospitals. To unearth this information, the team started by reviewing each hospital’s website. In particular, we checked company contacts, departments, and news section. We did this as some hospitals provide information on their members of staff (including the transfusion director). This strategy provided information on a number of hospitals.

Another strategy that was employed in identifying the leaders of the transfusion services was to conduct a search on the AABB website. Our assumption was some hospitals could have provided information for their staff members during the accreditation process. Unfortunately, we could not find information on the directors of transfusion services for the target hospitals. 

Finally, the team resorted to reviewing LinkedIn profiles for the employees of the selected hospitals. This method was selected as employees usually list their designation on their LinkedIn profiles. Using this strategy we were successful in identifying numerous transfusion services directors. We concluded that identities of the remaining transfusion services heads was publicly unavailable and indicated this with ‘n/a’ in the attached spreadsheet.

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Some university hospitals in the United States who have their own blood centers within the hospital include William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital, University of Texas Medical Branch, Duke University Medical Center,
 and Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. The requested information has been provided in the attached rows 17-31 spreadsheet, 
1. Duke University Medical Center Name of Transfusion Director: Jessica Poisson 
Contact Info: jessica.poisson@duke.edu  
Address: 10 Duke Medicine Circle Durham, NC 27710-1000 
Phone Number: 9196848111  
2. Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center  Address: Medical Center Boulevard Winston-Salem, NC 27157 
Phone Number: 3367162011  
3. Medical University Hospital Authority  Name of Transfusion Director: Jerry Squires 
Contact Info: squiresj@musc.edu, 843-792-4150 
Address: 169 Ashley Avenue Charleston, SC 29425 
Phone Number: 8437921414
 
4. University of Louisville Hospital Name of Transfusion Director: Tayyeb Ayyoubi  
Contact Info: 5028525857  
Address: 530 South Jackson Street Louisville, KY 40202 
Phone Number: 5025623000 
5. Vanderbilt University Medical Center Address: 1161 21st Avenue South D-3100 Medical Center North Nashville, TN 37232 
Phone Number: 6153223384 
6. University of Kentucky Medical Center Hospital Name of Transfusion Director: Leonard Ira Boral 
Contact Info: libora2@uky.edu 
Address: 740 S. Limestone Lexington, KY 40536 
Phone Number: 8592578562 
 7. LabCorp at University of Tennessee Medical Center Address: 1924 Alcoa Highway Building C, Suite 155 Knoxville, Tennessee 37920 
Phone Number: 8653059720 
8. University of Virginia Health System  Name of Transfusion Director: James Gorham 
Contact Info: JDG8Z@hscmail.mcc.virginia.edu 
Address: 1215 Lee St. Charlottesville, VA 22903 
Phone Number: 4349243627  
9. Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center Name of Transfusion Director: Kimberly W. Sanford  
Contact Info: kimberly.sanford@vcuhealth.org  
Address: The Gateway Building, 6th Floor 1200 East Marshall Street Richmond, Virginia 23298-0662 
Phone Number: 8048280256 
10. Shands Hospital at the University of Florida Name of Transfusion Director: J. Peter R. Pelletier 
Contact Info: 3522737842  
Address: 1600 SW Archer Rd Gainesville, FL 32608 
Phone Number: 3522650111  

11. Jackson Memorial Medical Center-University of Miami Address: 1611 N.W. 12th Avenue Miami, FL 33136
Phone Number: 3055851111 
12. William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital Name of Transfusion Director: James Burner 
Contact Info: James.Burner@UTSouthwestern.edu
Address: 6201 Harry Hines Blvd. Dallas, Texas 75390 
Phone Number: 2146334700  
13. University of Texas Medical Branch Name of Transfusion Director: Barbara Jean Bryant 
Contact Info: bbryant@utmb.edu, 4097726965 
Address: 301 University Boulevard Galveston, TX 77555 
Phone Number: 4097722222 
14. University Health System Name of Transfusion Director: Leslie Greebon 
Contact Info: greebon@uthscsa.edu 
Address: 4502 Medical Drive San Antonio, Texas 78229 
Phone Number: 2103584000 
 15. University of Alabama Hospital  Address: 1802 6th Avenue South Birmingham, AL 35233 
Phone Number: 2059344011  
Research Strategy:The names and contact details of the Transfusion Medical Directors/Transfusion Safety Officers for six university hospitals could not be found because the hospitals have not released this information to the public.

We first started selecting the names of university hospitals from the AABB list following the geographical protocol outlined by this request's requirements. 
After selecting fifteen university hospitals, we then searched for their contact details mostly from their official websites. We also used the America Hospital Directory as a source of information for the contact details of the selected university hospitals.

Our first strategy to locate the contact details of Transfusion Medical Directors/Transfusion Safety Officers thinking this information might have been collected during the accreditation process. However, this search was futile and we could not find any information about the Transfusion Medical Directors/Transfusion Safety Officers on the AAB site.

Our second strategy attempted to find the names and contact details of the Transfusion Medical Directors/Transfusion Safety Officers of the selected hospitals was to search for this information within the websites of the individual university hospitals. We searched within the university staff directories and even pages specific to the hospital's blood bank or transfusion services pages and this strategy provided results for some hospitals which have been included here.

The third strategy was to look for this information on LinkedIn because it is a professional database. We attempted this strategy because people present their employment details on LinkedIn and this might have included information about their designation.
 This strategy revealed the details for some hospitals, some of which we had already found from our previous search but we were unable to locate information for all the university hospitals. After an extensive search of LinkedIn, we were still unable to find the names of the Transfusion Medical Directors/Transfusion Safety Officers for six of the fifteen hospitals.

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The University of North Carolina Health Center, Augusta University Medical Center, Sampson Regional Medical Center, Murray-Calloway County Hospital, and Huntsville Hospital are some US hospitals that have their own blood centers within the hospital.

SE/TX Blood Centers:1. University of North Carolina Health Center
Name of Transfusion Medical Director/Transfusion Safety Officer: Chad Siniard, MD 
Contact info: 9849741780 
Address: 101 Manning Drive, Chapel Hill NC 27514 
Contact: 9849741000 

2. Augusta University Medical Center
Address: 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA 30912 
Contact: 7067213695 

3. Sampson Regional Medical Center 
Name of Transfusion Medical Director/Transfusion Safety Officer: Natalie Lamb 
Contact info: 9106928708 
Address: 607 Beaman St, Clinton, NC 28328 
Contact: 9105928511 

4. Murray-Calloway County Hospital 
Name of Transfusion Medical Director/Transfusion Safety Officer: Teresa Starks 
Address: 803 Poplar Street, Murray, KY 42071 
Contact: 2707621119 

5. Huntsville Hospital
Address: 101 Sivley Road, Huntsville, AL 35801 
Contact: 2562656340 

6. The Regional Medical Center  
Address: 3000 St. Matthews Road, Orangeburg, SC 29118 
Contact: 8033952200 

7. AnMed Health Medical Center 
Address: 800 N. Fant Street, Anderson, SC 29621 
Contact: 8645121000 

8.  St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Address: 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105  
Contact: 8008226344 

9. Cape Fear Valley Health
Address: 1638 Owen Drive, Fayetteville, NC 28304  
Contact: 9106154000  

10. Anne Arundel Medical Center
Address: 2001 Medical Parkway, Annapolis, Maryland 21401 
Contact: 4434814215 

11. Inova Mount Vernon Hospital 
Name of Transfusion Medical Director/Transfusion Safety Officer: Grace B. Sese
Address: 2501 Parkers Ln, Alexandria, VA 22306 
Contact: 8662566372 

12. Sovah Health
Address: 159 Executive Drive, Suite K, Danville, VA 24541 
Contact: 4347993743 

13. Emory University Hospital
Address: 1364 Clifton Rd, NE Atlanta, GA 30322
Contact: 4047127280 

14. Memorial Health
Address: 4700 Waters Avenue, Savannah, GA 31404 
Contact: 9123508000 

15. Lee Health
Address: 2776 Cleveland Ave., Fort Myers, FL 33901 
Contact: 2393432333  

Research Strategy:1. Research Strategy:
To find information on the US hospitals who have their own blood centers within the hospital, we first started to look for the list of university hospitals. We found that list on the following website: http://www.aabb.org/sa/facilities/bbts/Pages/BBTSAccrFac.aspx.  The website provided information on names of university hospitals in various regions that have blood donor services. We then used this list to find information for the list of university hospitals that have a blood donor center within the hospital.
Since there were limited university hospitals which have blood donor facilities, we then looked for information on non-university hospitals and found a list of hospitals in the geographic regions assigned in the research criteria.

2. What information is not available?
Information about the names of Transfusion Medical Directors/Transfusion Safety Officers and their contact info is not available for some hospitals because the hospitals have chosen not to release that information.

3. Research Strategies to find the information which is not available
The first strategy we used was to look for information on the website of the individual hospitals. We looked for information on About Us, People, press releases, etc., to find the required information, but there was information for only a few hospitals. I had thought that this strategy may work, as the hospital websites generally publish information about the people working with them and may have published this information on their web pages.
The second strategy we used was to look for information on professional sites and databases like LinkedIn. This strategy did not work, as we were able to find information on the CEO, owner, etc., but there was no information Transfusion Medical Director/Transfusion Safety Officer found. I had thought that this strategy may work, as people register about their employment on LinkedIn and may have included information about their designation. I also looked on sites like Bloomberg, as they publish information on company profiles and may have published this information.
The third strategy we used was to look for articles related to blood donations on websites like Americas Blood, Red Cross, etc. This strategy did not work, as these articles provided information about blood donor centers, camps, etc. I had thought that this strategy may work, as these sites published blood donation information and may have published this information.

4. Conclusion:
We have summarized key findings in the spreadsheet. However, there were no details available for the name of Transfusion Medical Director/Transfusion Safety Officer and contact info for some hospitals. Therefore, we have submitted this request as a Partial Client Update.

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SE/TX Blood Centers (Complete)

A total of 44 hospitals (university and non-university) have been identified as having their own in-house blood centers in the states of North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Florida, Texas, Alabama, and Georgia.  A list of these facilities has been provided in the attached spreadsheet.  We were unable to provide a full list of 50 hospitals as we reached a critical mass and no other hospitals within the region met the specified criteria of having their own blood donor centers within the hospital and use that supply as the primary source of blood suppl and/or platelets for hematology, oncology, and surgery patients.
Highlights  University of North Carolina Health Center
Name of Transfusion Medical Director/Transfusion Safety Officer: Chad Siniard, MD 
Contact info: 9849741780 
Address: 101 Manning Drive, Chapel Hill NC 27514 
Contact: 9849741000 

 Medical University Hospital Authority 
Name of Transfusion Director: Jerry Squires 
Contact Info: squiresj@musc.edu, 843-792-4150 
Address: 169 Ashley Avenue Charleston, SC 29425 
Phone Number: 8437921414

 Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center 
Name of Transfusion Director: Kimberly W. Sanford  
Contact Info: kimberly.sanford@vcuhealth.org  
Address: The Gateway Building, 6th Floor 1200 East Marshall Street Richmond, Virginia 23298-0662 
Phone Number: 8048280256 
Research StrategyTo find information on hospitals within the specified region who have their own blood centers within the hospital, we first started to look for the list of university hospitals. We began our search within the AABB's list of Accredited Blood Banks, Transfusion Services, and Blood Centers.  From there we searched the database for identified and accredited centers within the specific region. The website provided information on names of university hospitals in various regions that have blood donor services. We then used this list to find information for the list of university hospitals that have a blood donor center within the hospital.
 As there were limited university hospitals which have blood donor facilities, we then looked for information on non-university hospitals and found a list of hospitals in the geographic regions assigned in the research criteria.

Information about the names of Transfusion Medical Directors/Transfusion Safety Officers and their contact info is not available for some hospitals because the hospitals have chosen not to release that information.
 The first strategy we used was to look for information on the website of the individual hospitals. We looked for information on About Us, People, press releases, etc., to find the required information, but there was information for only a few hospitals. I had thought that this strategy may work, as the hospital websites generally publish information about the people working with them and may have published this information on their web pages.
 The second strategy we used was to look for information on professional sites and databases like LinkedIn. This strategy did not work, as we were able to find information on the CEO, owner, etc., but there was no information Transfusion Medical Director/Transfusion Safety Officer found. I had thought that this strategy may work, as people register about their employment on LinkedIn and may have included information about their designation. I also looked on sites like Bloomberg, as they publish information on company profiles and may have published this information.
 The third strategy we used was to look for articles related to blood donations on websites like Americas Blood, Red Cross, etc. This strategy did not work, as these articles provided information about blood donor centers, camps, etc. I had thought that this strategy may work, as these sites published blood donation information and may have published this information.