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Vitalant Unveils Innovation Center, First-of-its-Kind in the U.S.

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Thursday, August 10, 2023
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DENVER, Aug. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- As one of the nation's largest nonprofit blood and biotherapies providers, Vitalant unveiled its new Denver-based Innovation Center in a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday. A first of its kind in the U.S., the Vitalant Innovation Center is where innovative blood center equipment and processes can be tested outside of normal operations, advancing the science of transfusion medicine and research.

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  • DENVER, Aug. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- As one of the nation's largest nonprofit blood and biotherapies providers, Vitalant unveiled its new Denver-based Innovation Center in a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday.
  • A first of its kind in the U.S., the Vitalant Innovation Center is where innovative blood center equipment and processes can be tested outside of normal operations, advancing the science of transfusion medicine and research.
  • "The Vitalant Innovation Center represents our commitment to forging advancements in transfusion medicine to help save and sustain more lives."
  • "The Innovation Center provides a much-needed 'sandbox' to advance cutting-edge developments and bring new products to Vitalant and the blood services industry," Susanne Marschner, Ph.D., Vitalant Innovation Center vice president of research and scientific programs, said.

Emergency Blood Shortage: Shark Attack Survivor Encourages Others to Give

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Monday, July 17, 2023
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., July 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Nonprofit blood services provider Vitalant has an emergency blood shortage and urges all eligible donors to schedule a blood donation this July to prevent treatment delays for patients who need lifesaving transfusions.

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  • Maintaining an adequate blood supply is critical to helping patients after accidents and other emergencies and to treat cancer and other chronic diseases.
  • Steve Bruemmer is grateful he is able to donate blood after more than 30 units of donated blood helped him recover from a shark attack last summer while swimming off the California coast.
  • All blood types are needed, but especially type O, the most transfused blood type.
  • O-negative can be used to help any patient in an emergency and O-positive can support anyone with a positive blood type.

America’s Blood Centers Announces Inaugural Blood Advocacy Week to Promote the Value of Blood to Patients, Communities, and our Healthcare System

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Wednesday, April 5, 2023
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Washington, DC, April 05, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- America’s Blood Centers (ABC), the national organization of community-based, independent blood centers that supply 60 percent of the nation’s blood supply, today announced the inaugural Blood Advocacy Week occurring April 24th-28th.

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  • Washington, DC, April 05, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- America’s Blood Centers (ABC), the national organization of community-based, independent blood centers that supply 60 percent of the nation’s blood supply, today announced the inaugural Blood Advocacy Week occurring April 24th-28th.
  • Dozens of diverse partners have signed on to help promote the value of blood through taking part in Blood Advocacy Week.
  • They are being joined by community blood centers across the country, including Blood Assurance, Carter BloodCare, Community Blood Center (Appleton), Community Blood Center-Dayton, the Blood Center (New Orleans), Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center, Houchin Community Blood Bank, LIFELINE Blood Services, LifeServe Blood Center, LifeSouth Community Blood Centers, MEDIC Regional Blood Center, Miller-Keystone Blood Center, Rock River Valley Blood Center, San Diego Blood Bank, Shepeard Community Blood Center, South Texas Blood and Tissue, The Blood Connection, Versiti, and Vitalant.
  • Founded in 1962, America’s Blood Centers is the national organization bringing together community-based, independent blood centers.

FREE KING DAY ADMISSION AT THE NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUM

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Thursday, January 12, 2023
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Memphis, TN, Jan. 12, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National Civil Rights Museum is excited to host its first event of the year with King Day: An All-Day Celebration on January 16.

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  • Memphis, TN, Jan. 12, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National Civil Rights Museum is excited to host its first event of the year with King Day: An All-Day Celebration on January 16.
  • The event is designed to remember Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s life, and legacy and to highlight how the museum honors him and the Movement every day.
  • Thanks to FedEx, the celebration includes free admission to the museum during extended hours from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm.
  • Guests who donate blood at Vitalant locations this week and onsite at the museum on January 16 receive express museum admission and free admission any day in 2023 for four people.

Blood Supply Sinks to Lowest Level in a Year: National Nonprofit Vitalant Declares Emergency Blood Shortage

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Monday, January 9, 2023
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Jan. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The blood supply for about 900 hospitals nationwide recently dipped to its lowest level in a year at Vitalant, triggering a blood emergency for the nonprofit blood services provider. Eligible donors of all blood types, especially type O, are needed now to schedule an appointment and donate in the days and weeks ahead to prevent delays for patients who need transfusions.

Key Points: 
  • SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Jan. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The blood supply for about 900 hospitals nationwide recently dipped to its lowest level in a year at Vitalant, triggering a blood emergency for the nonprofit blood services provider.
  • Changes in how people work, live and play since the start of the pandemic created lasting challenges to maintaining an adequate blood supply.
  • As many people continue to work remotely, blood donations at business-hosted blood drives are down by 50% in 2022 from 2019, a decline of 90,000 donations.
  • Type O-positive is the most transfused blood type while O-negative can help patients of any blood type.

THE NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUM PLANS KING HOLIDAY CELEBRATION WITH FREE ADMISSION AND A FOCUS ON CIVIL RIGHTS ANNIVERSARIES

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Tuesday, December 20, 2022
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Memphis, TN, Dec. 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On the national holiday, January 16, the National Civil Rights Museum will remember Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with a daylong celebration.

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  • Memphis, TN, Dec. 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On the national holiday, January 16, the National Civil Rights Museum will remember Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with a daylong celebration.
  • The public is invited to the museum for the King Day celebration during extended hours from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm.
  • King Day will kick off yearlong observances themed “Freedom Can’t Wait” as the Museum focuses on major civil rights milestones with anniversaries in 2023.
  • For more information about King Day at the National Civil Rights Museum, visit kingday.org .

Labor Law Attorneys, at Blumenthal Nordrehaug Bhowmik De Blouw LLP, File Class Action Lawsuit, Against Vitalant, for Alleged Violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act

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Sunday, September 11, 2022
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SAN MATEO, Calif., Sept. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The San Mateo employment law attorneys, at Blumenthal Nordrehaug Bhowmik De Blouw LLP, filed a class action lawsuit against Vitalant alleging the company violated the California Labor Code. The lawsuit against Vitalant is currently pending in the San Mateo County Superior Court, Case No. 22-CIV-03291. To read a copy of the Complaint, please click here.

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  • SAN MATEO, Calif., Sept. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The San Mateo employment law attorneys, at Blumenthal Nordrehaug Bhowmik De Blouw LLP , filed a class action lawsuit against Vitalant alleging the company violated the California Labor Code.
  • According to the lawsuit filed, Vitalant failed to fully relieve Plaintiff for her legally required thirty (30) minute meals breaks.
  • Blumenthal Nordrehaug Bhowmik De Blouw LLP is a labor law firm with law offices located in San Diego County, Riverside County, Los Angeles County, Sacramento County, Santa Clara County, Orange County and San Francisco County.
  • Nicholas De Blouw, Blumenthal Nordrehaug Bhowmik De Blouw LLP, (800) 568-8020, [email protected]

Blood Emergency: Vitalant Supply Falls by Nearly 50%

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Monday, August 22, 2022
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Continued strong patient needs for blood have depleted Vitalant's supply by nearly 50% since the start of summer, creating an emergency shortage across the country.

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  • "Hospitals need people to donate during these critical weeks," said Vitalant Chief Medical and Scientific Officer Dr. Ralph Vassallo.
  • Several patients may experience emergencies, while a planned surgery could suddenly require dozens of units of blood for one patient.
  • Appointments for all blood types are needed to achieve a sufficient four-day supply of all blood types.
  • Vitalant ("Vye-TAL-ent") is the nation's largest independent, nonprofit blood services provider exclusively focused on providing lifesaving blood and comprehensive transfusion medicine services for about 900 hospitals and their patients across the U.S. Every day, Vitalant needs to collect nearly 5,000 blood, platelet and plasma donations to help save lives.

AHN, Western Pennsylvania health systems launch campaign to increase blood donations as critical shortages persist

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Wednesday, July 20, 2022
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PITTSBURGH, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- A coalition of western Pennsylvania hospitals and health care systems are coming together in a campaign to raise awareness about the importance of blood donation and to urge more people to become blood donors as supplies remain critically low at hospitals across the region.

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  • The diminished blood supply combined with the sharp uptick in patients needing blood transfusions during the summer months, makes for a perfect storm that puts lives at risk, according to health officials.
  • Just three percent of the population donates blood regularly and a sharp, unexplainable decrease in younger donors has also impacted blood supplies.
  • The multi-media public service campaign will launch in mid-July and run through the end of September, with placements scheduled throughout the region.
  • Additionally, a microsite was created: http://www.givebloodsavelives.org that encourages people to conveniently schedule their donation through Vitalant or the Red Cross online.

Vitalant Declares a Critical Blood Shortage on World Blood Donor Day, Urges Donations

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Tuesday, June 14, 2022
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nonprofit blood services provider Vitalant is alerting the public today – World Blood Donor Day – to help reverse a critical blood shortage by making an appointment to give in the coming days and weeks. Donors of all blood types are needed.

Key Points: 
  • SCOTTSDALE,Ariz., June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nonprofit blood services provider Vitalant is alerting the public today World Blood Donor Day to help reverse a critical blood shortage by making an appointment to give in the coming days and weeks.
  • In April and May, Vitalant collected about 13,000 fewer blood donations compared to the year prior.
  • In addition to helping patients, new blood donors can learn their preliminary blood type* during their first visit.
  • Established by the World Health Organization, World Blood Donor Day is recognized each year on June 14 to raise awareness of the need for a safe and readily available blood supply.