Carter BloodCare East Texas
Cause Area
- Health & Medicine
- Seniors
Location
815 South BaxterTyler, TX 75701 United StatesOrganization Information
Mission Statement
We save lives by making transfusion possible.
Description
As Texas’ largest blood center and one of the largest in the nation, Carter BloodCare supplies blood components and transfusion services to patients in approximately 200 Texas hospitals and healthcare facilities in 56 North, Central and East Texas counties. These facilities include our region’s children’s hospitals, central trauma centers, major cancer centers and transplant centers. Although Carter BloodCare’s primary focus is recruiting new blood donors, collecting, processing, storing and distributing blood products, we also offer a significant number of laboratory and direct patient care services to hospitals throughout Texas.
These include:
- Reference and Transfusion Services
- Platelet Services
- Histocompatibility Laboratory
- Rare Donor Registry
- Clinical Apheresis Services
- Stem Cell Laboratory
- Be the Match Program
- Physician Consultation 24/7
- Professional Education