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HRSA oversees the nation's organ and tissue donation and transplantation systems, [6] [7] by way of supervising the work of the United Network for Organ Sharing, a nonprofit organization that is contracted to run the complex organ and tissue donation and transplantation system in the U.S. [8] [9]
America's Blood Centers (ABC), North America's largest network of non-profit community blood centers. [2] Most of the independent blood centers on this list are ABC members, and these account for approximately 60 percent of the U.S. blood supply. [3] Blood Centers of America (BCA), a national cooperative of independent blood centers. [4]
The Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program is a system of "managed competition" through which employee health benefits are provided to civilian government employees and annuitants of the United States government. The government contributes 72% of the weighted average premium of all plans, not to exceed 75% of the premium for any one ...
Tips to consider before donating blood. You can donate blood every eight weeks if you are giving whole blood (about a pint) and every 16 weeks if you are giving a Power Red donation (about two pints).
Affordable Health Care for America (H.R. 3962) America's Affordable Health Choices (H.R. 3200) Baucus Health Bill (S. 1796) Proposed. American Health Care Act (2017) Medicare for All Act (2021, H.R. 1976) Healthy Americans Act (2007, 2009) Health Security Act (H.R. 3600) Latest enacted. Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590) Health Care and Education ...
Vitalant (formerly Blood Systems Inc. [1]) is a nonprofit organization that collects blood from volunteer donors and provides blood, blood products and services across the United States. It was founded in 1943 as the Salt River Valley Blood Bank in Phoenix, Arizona .
American Red Cross bloodmobile at the University of California, San Diego. A bloodmobile is a mobile blood donation center. It is a vehicle (usually a bus or a large van) equipped with everything necessary for a blood donation procedure. Blood drives involving bloodmobiles usually happen in public places such as colleges and churches. [1]
Increases in donations were observed in all blood donation centers, beginning on the day of the attack. [116] While blood donations were above average after the first few weeks following 9/11, the number of donations fell from an estimated 49,000 donations in the first week to 26,000–28,000 donations between the second and fourth weeks after ...