Blood is constantly in demand. Surgeries, serious injuries like car wrecks and different illnesses require patients to have blood transfusions. While the need never changes, blood banks’ inventory does. The fluctuations are most noticeable during the Summer months when people take vacations. The situation has been made more dire as the Covid-19 pandemic has created…
Knoxville, Tenn. – Beginning, September 7, MEDIC Regional Blood Center will restart COVID Convalescent Plasma collections. MEDIC stopped collecting CCP in late March because there was a nationwide stock available and because the patient numbers had decreased. As COVID numbers rise again, there are now less than 10,000 units in the national supply. MEDIC will…
Knoxville-area hospital organizations including Blount Memorial Hospital, Covenant Health, East Tennessee Children’s Hospital, Tennova Healthcare, and The University of Tennessee Medical Center are urging community members to donate blood, platelets, and plasma at MEDIC Regional Blood Center in the coming weeks. Each year, area hospitals transfuse more than 50,000 blood products for regional patients. That…
Go Vols! Beat Florida! MEDIC Regional Blood Center and LifeSouth Blood Centers are keeping the annual UT vs. FL blood drive competition from September 21st through the 25th. The University of TN vs. University of FL game may have moved to December, but the two blood centers battle year after year to see who can collect…
Thank you for being a great donor for MEDIC Regional Blood Center and our community. We know that you are receiving many emails and updates on the Coronavirus/COVID-19 and we want to provide you with information from MEDIC. Our priority is to enhance the well-being of our community by providing a safe, adequate and economical…
MEDIC Regional Blood Center is excited to host the second annual T’was The Pint Before Christmas’along with Ober Gatlinburg and HOT 104.5 to provide a special treat to blood donors. This years event will be a two-day event on December 21st and 22nd. The holiday season is a historically difficult time for MEDIC, as blood…
MEDIC Regional Blood Center is excited to once again partner with East Tennessee Children’s Hospital. For the entire month of December, blood donors are invited to skip the free t-shirt that they are normally given after donating life-saving blood and in-turn, MEDIC will donate the cost of the shirt to East Tennessee Children’s Hospital. ETCH…
