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Resource
Sharing
The U.P. Regional
Blood Center, like most blood centers, participates in a national
resource sharing program. Large metropolitan areas frequently
use more blood than their local blood centers collect, and seasonal
shortages occur across the nation when severe weather or disaster
prevents blood centers from collecting enough blood to meet the
need. When this occurs, other blood centers help through a
national resource sharing program.
Blood
collected by the U.P. Regional Blood Center, in excess of the need
by U.P. patients, is made available to blood centers and hospitals
experiencing shortages in other areas of Michigan and the nation.
This
is done only after our U.P. needs have been met. The U.P.
Regional Blood Center is reimbursed by these blood centers and hospitals
for the products and transportation costs.
Marquette
General Hospital, 427 W. College Ave., Marquette MI 49855
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