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What A Difference You Can Make!
No one is comfortable putting a price on life, but it’s a reality that the Florida Blood Services
professionals face daily. Technological advances have improved both medicine’s capabilities and the
ability to safeguard the community’s blood supply through research and testing. At the same time,
the economics of managed care prevent healthcare providers from paying the full cost of blood collection,
quality assurance, distribution and research.
Despite strong efficiency measures instituted, there remains a sizeable gap between the income received for
each pint of blood and the expenses associated with it. It’s a daily challenge to continue and expand state-of-the-art
research necessary for the expertise that has made FBS a recognized leader in its field.
That’s where the FBS Foundation comes in, raising the funds necessary to preserve the organization’s standing and,
more importantly, the quality of care, while promoting biotechnology research to help assure a safer, adequate blood
supply for the future.
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Bone Marrow Donor Program
Florida Blood Services is one of the founding members of the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP)
and serves as a point of access, providing a recruitment resource and matching service to patients in
need of life-saving marrow and peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) transplants. Read more.
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Bloodmobiles
Florida Blood Services' fleet currently consists of 18 bloodmobiles. These vehicles are in use seven
days a week, collecting 75-80 percent of the blood supply. Read more.
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Research and Development
A new Biotechnology Research Center for innovative technologies in transfusion medicine at Florida
Blood Services (FBS) will conduct and oversee research to detect and to eliminate transmittable disease
agents and contaminants in donor blood prior to transfusion. Read more.
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Other Needs
In addition to fund raising for major initiatives and programs such as the Biotechnology Research Center,
Education and Bloodmobiles, Florida Blood Services Foundation is seeking funding for a variety of equipment
and other needs important to the on-going services of FBS. Read more.
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Education
FBS is expanding educational programs within the school system to help create the next generation of loyal
blood donors. A new generation of donors is needed to replace our most loyal group of donors, which are
World War II veterans and spouses who are dying at the rate of 1,200 a day. Read more.
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The James N. Patterson Education and Research Fund
FBS Foundation oversees the James N. Patterson Education and Research Fund. The JNP offers grants to
technologists and physicians who seek specialization in Transfusion Medicine through the CAHEA certified
SSB Training Program, or the Fellowship training offered to Board Eligible medical graduates. Read more.
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