ABC Announces New Management Structure

2012 #9
INSIDE:
Our Space: Healthcare .... 2
Bill Coenen Set to Retire
as ABC’s COO,
Becoming Volunteer VP
of Finance..................... 5 The FABC Welcomes Jodi
Zand as Director of Fund
Development ................ 6 Study: Offering Small Gifts
Increases Blood
Donations Without
Increasing Risk ............. 7 Nexcare Bandages from
3M Partners Again with
ABC for Give Initiative ....
..................................... 9 It’s All About the Patients
................................... 10 BRIEFLY NOTED .......... 11 LEGISLATIVE NEWS ... 11 REGULATORY NEWS .. 12 GLOBAL NEWS ............ 13 INFECTIOUS DISEASE
UPDATES .................. 14 STOPLIGHT: Status of
America’s Blood
Centers’ Blood Supply 15 PEOPLE ........................ 15 MEMBER NEWS ........... 16 POSITIONS AVAILABLE:
................................... 18 March 2, 2012
ABC Announces New Management Structure
America’s Blood Centers’ executive leadership has recently announced a new
management structure as Bill Coenen is set to retire as ABC’s chief operations
officer, moving into a volunteer position as vice president of Finance on April 1
(see article on page 5). In an attempt to flatten the organization, the executive team
will consist of four vice president positions, including Mr. Coenen.
Matt Granato, currently ABC’s director of Communications and Member Services, will become the vice president of Administration and Communications,
assuming Mr. Coenen’s previous internal operations and meetings oversight responsibilities. Mr. Granato will retain his responsibilities for communications and
member services oversight. Kellie Kerr, currently director of Data Administration,
will become the vice president of Analytics, overseeing internal ABC IT, the ABC
Data Warehouse, and ABC’s Appropriate Inventory Management (AIM). Celso
Bianco, MD, will remain as executive vice president, retaining oversight for the
Scientific, Medical, Technical, Quality, and Regulatory (SMTQR) program.
ABC’s Newest VPs. Mr. Granato joined ABC in 2002 in what started as a temporary job, but has developed into a 10-year career. During
his first year, Mr. Granato was the acting manager for National Programs and Marketing, and was tasked with
developing both the My Blood, Your Blood high school and
Spanish programs. Mr. Granato also developed a customer
service (donor satisfaction) benchmarking program for the
blood banking community, now customized and adopted by
several ABC members, and a multicultural donor recruitment initiative. More recently, he has also become the
director of operations for the Foundation for America’s
Blood Centers (www.theFABC.org). On April 1, he will
also become the vice president of Operations for the FABC.
Mr. Granato works with his staff and with the Donor Recruitment and Communications Committee to identify best practices and develop programs that assist
members with local recruitment and public relations activities. In his new role at
ABC, he will be responsible for overseeing all business aspects of meetings and
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OUR SPACE
ABC CEO Jim MacPherson
Healthcare
The upcoming Presidential election will undoubtedly focus on healthcare, and the Supreme Court is poised to
decide this summer whether parts of the 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA) are constitutional. What’s really at
stake?
First, the US is the last developed country to pass legislation stating that access to healthcare is a fundamental
right of its citizens. The US might have been one of the first if Harry Truman’s proposal for universal
healthcare had passed in 1949. The current healthcare insurance situation is a mish-mosh. The poor have Medicaid, which provides for little or no preventive care and, as states look to save money, increasingly rations
care. Medicare, which pays about half of all health services, is beloved by seniors but set to go bankrupt within 10 years.
Seventy or so million working poor have no health insurance. By law, they are treated when they seek care at
hospitals regardless of their lacking insurance, but they’re saddled with huge debt for any hospital admission.
The hospital loses money in this situation.
The rest of us, the majority of Americans, are mostly covered under employer-provided insurance that has
seen double digit annual increases in cost nearly every year for the last decade. A big part of those increases
are meant to subsidize losses from treating those covered by Medicare, Medicaid, and those without insurance.
According to a recent Kaiser EDU report, healthcare expenses in 2010 were $2.6 trillion, over 10 times the
expenditures in 1980. At $25 billion for blood-related costs, we account for less than 1 percent of healthcare,
and those costs have risen at less than twice the rate of inflation in that time period (from 1980 to 2010).
The engine behind cost increases is application of new technology and wider use of prescription drugs. This is
followed by increasing costs for treating our aging population. Overhead on private insurance constitutes 6
percent of the total, while government overhead for Medicare and Medicaid, 55 percent of the total, is just 1
percent. Arguably, private insurers have an incentive to spend more to make more.
The ACA was designed to do two things the free-market has not accomplished: cover the uninsured and control the rise in costs. This may be the heavy hand of government, but nothing else has worked since Harry
Truman’s proposal was rejected. We may be small players in this debate, but as the American Hospital Association does, we too should make our voice heard. If the ACA is to be replaced, with what?
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ABC’s New Structure (continued from page 1)
workshops, publications, human resources, communications, and other member services. Mr. Granato
holds a Bachelor of Arts in international relations, a master’s degree in Law from the University of Nottingham in the UK, and a Master of Business Administration from The George Washington University in
Washington, D.C.
Ms. Kerr joined ABC in 2009 to oversee ABC’s Data Warehouse and to assist
in further developing and implementing AIM, ABC’s blood product management and transfusion-tracking software. AIM-I software helps hospitals to
manage their blood product inventory, while AIM-II aids hospitals in aggregating patient-level data to track blood utilization and patient outcomes. Ms. Kerr
has more than two decades of management experience in transfusion services
and blood center roles, including her role in Hospital Services at ABC member
Carter BloodCare.
As director of Data Administration, Ms. Kerr has guided the growth, development, and implementation of AIM software and all aspects of the Data Warehouse for the ABC membership. AIM is currently assisting ABC members that represent about two-thirds of member collections.
Under Ms. Kerr’s direction, AIM has recently gained global reach, as the UK’s National Health Service
Blood and Transplant, as well as Sanquin, the blood and transfusion services in the Netherlands, have
signed on to use AIM-II in trial programs.
Defining ABC Departments. As ABC flattens its management structure, some employees and departments will be shifted as well, which is illustrated in ABC’s organizational chart below. SMTQR, which
will continue to be overseen by Dr. Bianco, helps members address the scientific, medical, technical,
quality, and regulatory issues in their daily operations and seeks to influence national and international
policies in those areas.
The Administration and Communications department, to be overseen by Mr. Granato, will encompass
communications and member services, ABC publications, conferences, and office administration. ABC’s
communications and member services staff manages relations with national media, coordinates efforts to
raise awareness for blood donations at the national level, and partners with other organizations to bring
attention to the cause of blood donation through national events. This staff also researches and provides
communications and donor recruitment tools and resources to members. ABC publications encompass the
weekly ABC Newsletter and the periodically published Blood Bulletin and Blood Counts. The conferences
staff coordinates logistics including hotel and registration for ABC’s meetings and workshops. Publications and meetings have been identified as potential revenue generating activities to be explored under
Mr. Granato’s leadership. Office Management staff provides human resources and other operational functions for ABC staff and members.
Analytics, to be overseen by Ms. Kerr, will encompass data administration and network systems. This
department includes ABC’s Data Warehouse, AIM, and internal IT support for ABC staff. The Data
Warehouse is a centralized system that collects and stores blood center data, allowing ABC staff and
members to view detailed reports containing key blood collection indicators. It is also used to store data
analyzed with AIM. Network System staff provide IT support for ABC and the FABC staff.
The Finance department, to be overseen by Mr. Coenen, encompasses general accounting. This department manages the day-to-day accounting functions for ABC, the FABC, and GSABC, and also
coordinates and assists in the preparation of annual operating budgets and audited financial statements
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ABC’s New Structure (continued from page 3)
for ABC, the FABC, and GSABC. Staff also manages member-wide financial surveys, and corresponds
with the Audit and Finance Committees.
The Government Relations department, led by its director, Robert Kapler, aids members in fulfilling their
missions to provide a safe and adequate blood supply, by shaping new laws and regulatory policies
through grassroots advocacy, coalition member work, and lobbying.
Executive Services, overseen by CEO Jim MacPherson, helps to provide guidance and direction in creating a voice for ABC members and forming advocacy initiatives. ABC’s executive leadership team and the
Board of Directors work together to form a vision that will benefit independent community blood centers.
To see the layout of ABC’s new organizational structure, please view the chart below. 
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Bill Coenen Set to Retire as ABC’s COO, Becoming Volunteer VP of Finance
Bill Coenen, who has served in numerous volunteer and leadership positions with America’s Blood Centers since the 1970s, is set to retire as ABC’s chief operating officer (COO) on April 1, and will become
the volunteer vice president of Finance. Mr. Coenen has been responsible for overseeing ABC’s finances,
meetings, and other internal operations for the last several years.
Mr. Coenen has had a long career in various leadership positions within the
blood banking community and at ABC. He helped to guide the growth of the
Community Blood Center in Greater Kansas City, where he worked from 1978
to 2001, first as controller, then moving to administrator, and finally to chief
operating officer. When he began at the blood center, it had about 100 employees, and by the time he left, Community Blood Center employed more than 300
professionals. With Mr. Coenen’s help, the center grew from collecting about
30,000 units annually to 120,000.
Mr. Coenen’s leadership, financial, and management skills have led him to assist in the formation of various blood related organizations. In 1995, Mr. Coenen helped to establish the Community Blood Center of
the Ozarks, Springfield, Mo. He is a founding member of the Board of Directors of The Community
Blood Centers’ Exchange, Risk Retention Group (BCx), which is owned and operated by 40 independent
community blood centers providing professional liability insurance for its members. In 2006, Mr. Coenen
assisted in forming the Community Blood Services of UNYTS in Buffalo, N.Y.
He came on board with ABC as volunteer CFO in 2002, becoming a full-time employee as COO in 2006,
but has served ABC in various officer, Board of Director, and committee positions since 1976. He has
been ABC’s secretary, vice president, and president (from 1993-1995). He also served as vice president
and president of the Foundation for America’s Blood Centers.
Before ABC established the Board of Directors, an executive committee served in its place, and Mr.
Coenen served on that committee longer than any other member. Among his various committee positions,
he has chaired the Accounting, Professional Liability, Management Information Systems, Finance, Special Awards, Group Purchasing, Competitiveness, and Managed Care committees.
“By serving and chairing many of the ABC committees, I hope that I have helped to contribute to the
success of independent blood centers, thereby improving patient care,” said Mr. Coenen. “It has been a
fantastic 36-year run, and I have certainly received more than I have given in my time with ABC. I have
made many lifelong friends, and I look forward to continuing these relationships as an ABC volunteer.”
Aside from his work with ABC, Mr. Coenen has served in leadership positions with other blood banking
organizations, such as president of the Heart of America Association of Blood Banks, secretary of
AABB’s Administrative Section Coordinating Committee, and chair of AABB’s Finance Committee. He
has also served as a committee member of the Institute of Medicine’s Forum on Blood Safety and Availability. He has authored and co-authored several publications on the topic of blood safety, screening, and
typing.
“It is really hard to total the enormous value Bill brought to ABC, first as part of the volunteer leadership
while he was at the Community Blood Center of Kansas City, then as a pure volunteer to ABC, and then
as COO” said ABC CEO Jim MacPherson. “His blood center background and positive common sense
approach adds enormous credibility and perspective to both our operations and outreach with members.
His experience working as a consultant to hospital supply chain managers for several years proved invaluable when system bids started a few years ago. The good news with Bill becoming a volunteer again is
that his ‘brain’ will still be available when there are problems to solve.” 
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The FABC Welcomes Jodi Zand as Director of Fund Development
Jodi Zand recently joined the Foundation for America’s Blood Centers (FABC) as its new director of
Fund Development. Ms. Zand will fill the newly appointed position, created after Lauren Larsen’s resignation as the FABC president for health reasons (see ABC Newsletter, 1/27/12). Ms. Zand offers not only
experience in blood donor recruitment, but also expertise in relationship management and a proven record
of sales growth and goal achievement.
As the director of Fund Development, Ms. Zand will plan, develop, and execute a comprehensive fund development program consistent with the
Foundation’s mission and programs that aim to help ensure a safe and adequate
blood supply through supporting ABC and its members. Ms. Zand began her
career in blood banking, working with the American Red Cross (ARC) in
2004, and has worked in various capacities in donor recruitment and management. Most recently, she worked with the donor recruitment team that covers
Washington, D.C., as well as Prince George’s and Montgomery Counties in
Maryland.
In her most recent role with the ARC, Ms. Zand was selected to lead a historically underachieving team
that had been struggling to meet recruitment goals, to keep blood donors giving on a regular basis, and to
ensure that blood drive coordinators were running drives regularly. Through using her relationship management skills and sales background, Ms. Zand increased collections by 12 percent and made
improvements in blood drive efficiency, type-O collections, double reds utilization, and average units
collected per operation.
For three years at the ARC, Ms. Zand served as the LifeBoard manager, which was the management role
of a small team that coordinated blood drives at organizations of the 15-member Board of Directors. She
regularly met with the Board, who consisted of CEOs and other high-level executives of Baltimore-based
hospital systems, corporations, and universities. She delivered key performance indicators and encouraged Board members to meet or exceed their annual goals. In her last year in this role, Ms. Zand
motivated the Board to meet their “stretch” goal of 1,500 units over their annual budget.
Prior to working for the ARC, Ms. Zand spent five years with General Electric Company in Cleveland,
Ohio, in both inside and outside Industrial Sales roles. When in outside sales, she met her quarterly and
annual goals on a regular basis through a combination of relationship management and cold calling.
Ms. Zand, originally from Warren, Ohio, received her Bachelor of Science in Organizational Communications with a minor in Marketing from Ohio University in 1997. “I am very excited to join the FABC
and to be a part of a team that helps America’s Blood Centers to keep the blood supply at safe levels. I
look forward to working with all of the members, partners, and financial donors that make it possible for
the FABC to continue to fund the great programs in our community blood centers,” said Ms. Zand.
“I knew that Jodi was the right person for this position, because she had the passion for blood donation
and advocacy that we were looking for. And because without being prompted, and obviously having done
her homework, she came to us with a plan for her role at the FABC,” said Matt Granato, the FABC’s
director of Operations. “Her marketing, sales, and corporate recruitment experience make her a perfect
fit.”
Those interested in contacting Ms. Zand may reach her at [email protected]. 
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Study: Offering Small Gifts Increases Blood Donations Without Increasing Risk
A group of economic researchers recently found that offering incentives for blood donation, such as Tshirts and gift cards, increases the number of people who present to donate and the number of units collected without increasing the number of deferred donors. However, a substantial proportion of the
increase in donations is explained by donors leaving neighboring drives without incentives to donate at
one with incentives.
The study was conducted by three economists: Nicola Lacetera of the University of Toronto, Mario Macis
of Johns Hopkins University, and Robert Solnim of the University of Sydney. The researchers sought to
determine whether incentives, such as small gifts or gift cards, would increase the number of people who
present to donate blood without increasing the number of deferred donors.
Background. Blood collection facilities in the US support an all-volunteer blood supply to ensure blood
safety, and the Food and Drug Administration requires that any blood product collected for transfusion
through a monetary incentive be labeled as from a “paid donor.” Evidence has shown that paid donors are
more likely to test positive for transmissible diseases and, in pursuit of compensation, may be more likely
to conceal information that would cause deferral. The World Health Organization has set a goal for all
countries worldwide to obtain their blood supplies from only volunteer donors by 2020.
However, FDA’s compensation regulation permits blood centers to give out lotteries, raffles, and other
non-monetary rewards that are not convertible into cash, so long as the centers give the gift to everyone
who presents to donate regardless of whether they donated or were deferred. The researchers observed
American Red Cross (ARC) blood drives conducted in northern Ohio, all of which follow these regulations.
Results and Conclusions. The researchers observed all (14,029) mobile blood drives organized by ARC
in this region from May 1, 2006 to Oct. 8, 2009. They also reported findings from a field experiment conducted in four waves from September 2009 to August 2011, in which they randomly selected 18 blood
drives in the same geographic area during the same time period and randomized half to a control treatment (no incentive given) and half to an incentive treatment with either $5, $10, or $15 gift cards given.
In observing blood drives representing about 50,000 blood donations from May 1, 2006 to Oct. 8, 2009,
the researchers found that 37 percent of all blood drives offered incentives, with the most common one
being T-shirts, followed by host-provided incentives, coupons, and raffles. The researchers found a significant increase of five donors presenting when incentives were offered, compared to when they were not
offered, and also a 16 percent increase in the number of units collected. They observed no significant
difference in the number of deferrals between drives with incentives and those without. They also observed 2.5 extra donors presenting and an extra 2.2 units collected with a one-dollar increase in the value
of the giveaway item; no difference in deferrals was observed as the value increased.
In the gift card field experiment, the researchers found that in blood drives that advertised the drive and
gift card-giveaway, 8.3 more donors turned out and 7.5 more units were collected on average. Donor
turnout and units collected increased as the value of the gift card increased, and no particular pattern was
observed in donor deferrals. They also found that if one additional neighboring blood drive was offering
incentives within two miles of a blood drive not offering, the turnout at the drive without incentives declined significantly, by nearly 0.25 donors.
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Donor Incentives (continued from page 7)
“We found that offering incentives at blood drives significantly and substantially increases donor turnout
and blood units collected without negatively affecting the percentage of donors who are deferred,” wrote
the authors. “The positive effects of incentives, are however, partially attenuated by the displacement of
donors from neighboring drives,” they wrote. The authors suggested that future studies collect individualized donor information about motivations, examine incentive effects on non-donors, and observe longterm behavior of donors exposed to incentives.
Citation: Lacetera, et al. Will There Be Blood? Incentives and Displacement Effects in Pro-Social Behavior. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 2012, 4 (1):186-223. 
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March 2, 2012
INSIDE ABC
Nexcare Bandages from 3M Partners Again with ABC for Give Initiative
Now in its fourth year, Nexcare Bandages from 3M is partnering once again with America’s Blood Centers on the annual give initiative, which celebrates World Blood Donor Day by thanking regular blood
donors and encouraging others to join the cause. This year’s program will take place the week of World
Blood Donor Day (June 14), beginning on Monday, June 11 and extending through Sunday, June 17.
Through this alliance, Nexcare Bandages is
providing member blood centers with resources,
including a supply of limited-edition Nexcare give
bandages for donors and a media relations campaign. As a result of these efforts, the Nexcare give
program is featured extensively in national and
local magazines, newspapers, and broadcast TV
outlets, as well as online. This media coverage in
the weeks leading up to World Blood Donor Day
details the program and overall partnership and
shares information about the community blood
centers where donors can get involved.
Participating in the give program and encouraging donors to wear the give bandages will help blood centers to raise awareness about the need for blood donation and to thank current donors. To increase
awareness for World Blood Donor Day and the give campaign both locally and nationally, ABC also
encourages members to create a human blood drop formation within their communities. For instructions
and details on creating a blood human drop, members may visit: http://bit.ly/blood_drop. More detailed
information about give is available in MCN 12-045 at:
http://members.americasblood.org/go.cfm?do=FileCenter.List&category=MCNs. 
ABC’s Golden Anniversary
Three-Day Celebration Event
ABC is turning 50 and we’re having a ball ... and you’re
invited! Save the date: March 24-26, 2012, Scottsdale, Ariz.,
hosted by Blood Systems, Inc., in connection with ABC’s
Annual Meeting. Online registration is now open! If you did
not receive an e-mail invite with registration information,
please contact [email protected] with the subject
line: “ABC Golden Anniversary Invitation.”
Have a good memory? Been around blood for a while? The Newsletter will
be featuring a series of stories detailing the last 50 years in blood banking.
To contribute your story, e-mail [email protected].
Save the Date for a 3-day celebration event
commemorating America’s Blood Centers’ 50th Anniversary
at the ABC Annual Meeting, Scottsdale, Arizona
Saturday, March 24
Odes to the 50th
Jenni Alpert mini-concert, cocktail reception and putting green competition benefiting the Foundation for America’s Blood Centers.
Co-hosted by
The Foundation For
MEMBER OWNED. MEMBER DRIVEN.
America’s Blood Centers
Emerging pop songstress Jenni Alpert has a powerful sultry voice whose honest rich songwriting and soothing musical
melodies grab listeners in every corner. Recently Jenni joined ABC’s speakers’ bureau “Conversations About Life” after
embarking on her “Blood Driven” tour last summer where she covered over 5,000 miles of the West Coast performing
and speaking at blood drives, blood centers, children’s hospitals and local venues to raise awareness on blood donation.
Jenni has performed live with artists such as Sara Bareilles, Jon Allen, and Regina Spektor. Her music has been featured
on TV shows such as Castle, CSI Miami, Lipstick Jungle, and MTV’s The Real World. Jenni’s mini-concert will kick off
the celebrations, followed by an outdoor cocktail reception and a putting green competition available to anyone wishing
to enter. Proceeds from the putting green competition will benefit the Foundation for America’s Blood Centers.
Location: Scottsdale Plaza Resort Cypress Court (outdoor space), 5 to 7 p.m.
Sunday, March 25
The CBBC Supper Club ’62
Hosted by
Where were you in ’62? Lawrence of Arabia was best picture, we loved Lucy on TV, Walter Cronkite
was the new anchor for the CBS Evening News, we rocked to The Twist, and To Kill a Mockingbird
was on the nightstand. Imagine yourself in that Camelot year at the founding of CBBC, Community
Blood Bank Council, forerunner of today’s America’s Blood Centers. Join our host (and one of ABC’s
founders) Blood Systems for an evening of cocktails, dinner and dancing at The CBBC Supper Club
’62. Attire is business casual, early ’60s vintage or inspired by the era.
Location: The Westin Kierland Resort & Spa (bus transportation provided), 5:30 to 10 p.m.
Monday, March 26
Awards of Excellence and 50th Anniversary Banquet
Begin the evening with a trip down memory lane, complete with a photographic
timeline exhibit and video commemorating the last half century of blood banking,
followed by the Awards of Excellence and 50th Anniversary Banquet. We will
recognize individuals and organizations that have a long-standing record of support
and collaboration with ABC, its members and the blood banking community.
Join us for cocktails, dinner, and reminiscing as we close our 3-day celebration by
honoring ABC and FABC award recipients. Business attire.
Location: Scottsdale Plaza Resort Grande Ballroom, 6 to 9 p.m.
To receive an invite, email [email protected] with the subject line “ABC Golden Anniversary Invitation.”
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It’s All About the Patients
By: Peter Tomasulo, MD, chief medical officer of Blood Systems, Inc.
(Editor’s Note: The ABC Newsletter has requested that readers send in their blood banking stories from
the last 50 years as ABC prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary during the 2012 ABC Annual Meeting
in Scottsdale Ariz., this month.)
Mine was the shortest term of any Council of Community Blood Centers (CCBC, which became ABC)
president. The term was short because while I was working my way up the CCBC Board ladder, I was
also considering the strength of the independent blood center business model and the ability of the independent blood centers to meet patient needs in the future.
When I arrived at the South Florida Blood Service in 1980, 40 percent of the blood distributed by the
center came from paid blood donors who did not actually live in Florida. The Food and Drug Administration filed a consent decree against the center; there were almost no cash reserves; the staff did not work as
a team; and the blood center computer system was dysfunctional. Hospitals were concerned about quality,
and the community did not participate in volunteer donor programs.
After a couple of years, thanks to the leadership and hard work of Bruce Lenes and Doug Prete, a high
quality team was in place. The blood was all donated by volunteers and community leaders were on the
Board governing and generating support within the diverse community. FDA’s consent decree was vacated. There was an ASHI-certified HLA laboratory, an AABB-accredited red cell reference laboratory, an
SBB school, and a newly installed computer system along with significant automation in the laboratories
to control processes. The improvements were dramatic, and the community was getting comfortable with
its blood center. Hospital relationships were strong. There was, however, a serious problem – blood component prices were high.
In the early 1980s, hospital reimbursement changed dramatically from a system of reimbursement based
on hospital cost for patient care to a system based on patient diagnosis. Diagnosis-related-groups came
into existence and became the basis for hospital reimbursement and revenue. It was obvious that a dramatic change in blood center economics was on the horizon.
The South Florida Blood Service in Miami was one of more than 30 blood centers in Florida. Most were
quite small and only a few were well-integrated with academic hospitals and tertiary care medicine. There
was intense competition among the centers serving southeast Florida. It seemed to the team leading the
South Florida Blood Service that it was not appropriate to spend time and resources derived from patient
care to surviving a “blood war.” Our resources should have been dedicated to improving the quality of the
components provided and improving patient care, not to improving our “position” against other organizations dedicated to the same mission as we were. It also seemed to us that the change in healthcare
reimbursement meant that even large independent blood centers did not provide the best foundation to
participate in cutting-edge clinical medicine. We therefore proposed to Vic Schmidt and Lew Barker that
the American Red Cross should acquire the South Florida Blood Service which it did in 1986, ending my
term as president of CCBC, just a few months after it began.
Our organization was seeking strength in size and quality. We hoped to use ARC’s purchasing power to
keep our cost and its blood supply to increase availability of routine and rare components. We also hoped
that ARC’s depth of leadership would raise our center’s quality of services to the very highest levels so
that it could remain a stable and sound partner for the most sophisticated hospitals. We wanted the
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advantages of transfusion medicine research programs for our hospitals and patients. The decision to seek
strength and to increase the resources available to the patients in South Florida was the right decision.
However, the Red Cross in the 1980s had not matured and it was not yet the partner we needed. Our strategy did not achieve the success we sought.
The Florida transfusion medicine environment in 2012 is much different from the 1980s environment.
Over the past 20 years, Florida blood centers, stimulated by the wisdom, equanimity, and leadership of
Don Doddridge, have developed ways to work together in the best interests of the patient. Quality and
value are high. Blood center leaders place a higher value on delivering comprehensive healthcare at acceptable costs, than on preserving a non-profit monument in their local communities. If, in 1984, I had
driven across Alligator Alley to St. Petersburg instead of flying up to Washington, maybe my term as
CCBC president would have lasted a little longer. 
BRIEFLY NOTED
An abstract presented at the Pediatric Congenital Cardiovascular Meeting in Orlando, Fla., shows
that increased number of transfusions appears to be associated with worsening outcomes in pediatric heart transplantation patients, reported MedPage Today on Feb. 23. After adjustments for other
established risk factors for poor transplantation outcomes, higher total amounts of red blood cells transfused were associated with a longer stay in the intensive care unit, more days intubated, and a higher
inotrope score, according to Kimberly Howard-Quijano, MD, of the University of California. Dr. Howard-Quijano and colleagues performed a retrospective review of all 94 pediatric patients who underwent
heart transplantation at their center from 2004-2010, reported MedPage Today. The researchers also
found that patients who had a major adverse event following the operation had received significantly
more blood than those who did not. Most (88 percent) of the patients received a blood transfusion, with
the median amount being about 38.7 cc per kilogram, including what was put on the pump prime through
48 hours post-op. After controlling for 12 preoperative factors associated with poor outcomes in heart
recipients – including hematocrit levels, United Network for Organ Sharing status at the time of transplant, and use of intubation and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) – increasing the amount
of blood transfused was associated with the following outcomes: longer stay in the ICU (by 40 percent),
more days intubated (by 115 percent) and increased inotrope score within the first 24 hours post-op (by
26 percent). Through statistical analysis, the researchers also found that transfusions of greater than 60
cc/kg predicted worse outcomes. Dr. Howard-Quijano noted that an observational study cannot establish
causal relationships, but said that she thinks there is some factor related to blood transfusions – independent of other factors – that is associated with poor outcomes, reported MedPage Today. She also said that
some strategies to reduce the amount of blood used in patients are using smaller pump circuits and different surgical techniques. The abstract is available at: http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/115/5/658.full.pdf.
(Source: MedPage Today, 2/23/12)
LEGISLATIVE NEWS
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius laid out in broad strokes to Congress on Thursday her department’s fiscal year 2013 budget proposal, but skeptical Republicans
seemed more interested in talking about contraception coverage and slow rulemaking related to the
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Speaking before the Health Subcommittee
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of the Energy and Commerce Committee, Ms. Sebelius said that the $941 billion spending plan holds the
line on research funding at the National Institutes of Health, increases funding for childcare services, and
expands coverage and improves healthcare for millions of low-income people. The president proposes
about $76.7 billion in discretionary budget authority for ongoing healthcare-related activities and legislative proposals, which he claimed would save taxpayers an estimated $350.2 billion over 10 years.
Republicans, however, groused that the proposal represents a $111 billion increase over the FY 2012
spending plan, apparently to pay for healthcare reform. To support PPACA initiatives, she said, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is seeking an additional $1 billion in discretionary funding, of
which about $800 million would be used to build out state and federal insurance exchanges. But Chairman Joe Pitts (R-Pa.) said he was “deeply troubled by the lack of accountability and transparency
practiced by the department” and wondered “why the department is so late on so many of the PPACA
rules,” including ones supporting the insurance exchanges. He said HHS has issued interim final rules
“that do not require public comment with no apparent intention to move toward a final rule” and complained about the issuance of “bulletins instead of final rules.” Rep. Pitts was joined by full committee
chair Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) in pointed questioning about a provision of the PPACA that requires
employers to provide free preventive-care services to workers, including contraception for women. The
administration exempted churches, but not church-based charities, universities, and hospitals. After a loud
outcry from Catholic institutions and Republicans, President Obama on Feb. 10 changed the mandate so
that religious employers will no longer be required to cover workers for abortion-inducing drugs, sterilizations and contraception, but insurance companies will be required to do so. Ms. Sebelius repeated the
particulars of the compromise, while Reps. Pitts and Upton called the rule unfair and unconstitutional.
She also said that the department is actively working to finish final rules on ACA-related provisions and
that the bulletins being issued are part of that process. She said the department expected to have rules on
insurance exchanges finalized well before they begin operating on Jan. 1, 2014. Rep. Pitts, however, lamented that HHS would “dump a thousand requirements on the states at the last minute.” Energy and
Commerce Ranking Member Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) said Ms. Sebelius was in a winless situation: if
HHS did meet all its rulemaking deadlines, “they would be complaining about over-regulation.” He also
wondered aloud whether “some of my colleagues may try to halt the funds [on insurance exchanges] to
keep them from moving forward.” The hearing was purely for oversight purposes and so required no
budget vote. [Author’s note: According to The Hill newspaper, the Senate voted 51-48 Thursday to scuttle Sen. Roy Blunt’s (R-Mo.) controversial employer opt-out amendment. The proposal would have
weakened the Obama administration’s policy requiring employers to provide birth control coverage for
their employees.]
– Robert Kapler, [email protected] 
REGULATORY NEWS
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of the National Coordinator for
Health Information Technology (ONC), last Friday issued a proposed rule related to “Stage 2”
standards, specifications and certification criteria that healthcare providers must meet in order for
their electronic health record (EHR) systems to achieve “meaningful use” status. The rule is intended
to apply to the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs for reporting periods in fiscal and calendar year 2014. The proposed rule revises and adds to the initial set of standards, implementation
specifications, and certification criteria adopted in an interim final rule on Jan. 13, 2010. The proposal
also includes revisions to the permanent certification program for health information technology, which
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includes changing the program’s name. Currently, there are two certification programs: the “temporary
certification program for HIT” and the “permanent certification program for HIT.” The permanent certification program will replace the temporary certification program, probably when the final rule takes effect.
At that time, HHS will replace all references in the federal code with “ONC HIT Certification Program.”
A summary by ModernHealthcare.com, based on an interview with an official at the Centers for Medicare
and Medicaid Services, said “The proposed Stage 2 meaningful-use requirements raise the bar for hospitals and eligible professionals on the use of computerized physician order entry, electronic prescribing
and electronic recording of several patient-health measures.” [Author’s note: America’s Blood Centers
was unsuccessful in getting meaningful use status for transfusion medicine during consideration of the
interim final rule. ABC will submit new comments to the proposed rule again urging that ONC give
meaningful use status to transfusion medicine.] Comments are due 60 days after the proposed rule appears
in the Federal Register. The prepublication version of the full 184-page document can be accessed at:
http://1.usa.gov/yb0A6m. (Source: ModernHealthcare.com, 2/27/12)
GLOBAL NEWS
About 3,000 students of Baekseok University in South Korea
recently created the world’s largest human blood drop on Feb.
23 at the Phoenix Park Ski Resort in the Pyeogchang, Gangwon
Provice, reported the World Health Organization in an e-mail
update. The event aimed to win the Guinness World Record for the
largest human blood drop, and was also meant to raise awareness for
the Korean Red Cross campaign for blood donation. The Korean
Red Cross and the Ministry of Health and Welfare of the Republic
of Korea will be hosting the global event for 2012 World Blood
Donor Day on June 14. Countries around the world will celebrate
World Blood Donor Day by raising awareness of the need for safe
blood and by thanking voluntary unpaid blood donors. More information about World Blood Donor Day is available at:
http://bit.ly/xP7T4F. (Source: WHO e-mail update, 2/24/12)
Students of Baekseok University in South
Korea create the world’s largest human blood
drop to raise awareness for blood donation.
Several European universities and professionals have recently initiated an online master’s program
for transfusion medicine and cell therapy, according to an announcement from the program, European Master in Transfusion Medicine and Advanced Cell Therapies (EMTACT). EMTACT is the
first online international program offering a Master in Transfusion Medicine and Advanced Cell Therapies. The course includes five modules including blood donation, transfusion, immunohematology, cell
and tissue therapies (tissue banking), and transfusion medicine management concepts. The program coordinators include professors and other transfusion and cell therapy experts. The program takes two years to
complete and results in a joint degree from the Universitat Autótnoma de Barcelona and the Université de
Liége. The program aims to provide broad training in transfusion medicine and associated fields so that
students acquire the necessary skills to work in transfusion centers and also to carry out research in related areas or develop technically qualified projects. The class is taught in English and the application period
ends in March. More information is available at: http://montaner.uab.es/emtact. One of the few programs
in the US that offers a master’s degree with a specialization in cellular therapy is the Master of Science in
Transfusion and Transplantation Sciences at Hoxworth Blood Center through the University
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of Cincinnati. This is a 15-month program offered through the College of Allied Health Sciences, Department of Analytical and Diagnostic Sciences. Students may select the blood transfusion medicine track
or the cellular therapy track. While there are other advance degree programs with a focus in cell therapy,
the master’s program at Hoxworth is unique in that it actually trains and prepares students to work in
cellular therapy laboratories that provide laboratory support for hematopoietic cell transplant programs.
Many other master’s or PhD programs focus on cellular therapy research, while the Hoxworth program
also offers students the hands-on experience that they need in processing products as well as training to
work in a regulated environment. Those interested in learning more about the Hoxworth program should
contact Pamela F. Inglish, MT(ASCP)SBB at [email protected]. (Sources: EMTACT announcement, 2/23/12; Hoxworth Blood Center Master of Science in Transfusion and Transplantation Sciences
fact sheet) 
INFECTIOUS DISEASE UPDATES
DENGUE
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Emerging Infectious Diseases journal recently
reported three key recommendations for dealing with dengue outbreaks based on a study of recent
outbreaks in the US. Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pa., led
by Amesh A. Adaljia, conducted a study looking back at dengue fever outbreaks in the US from 20012011 in order to characterize and describe the response to these outbreaks from the perspectives of public
health and vector control officials. The researchers focused on a Hawaii dengue outbreak in 2001, a
Brownsville, Texas outbreak in 2005, and a southern Florida outbreak from 2009 to 2011. Dengue is a
mosquito-borne viral disease, endemic to tropical regions. In the US, most dengue infections have been
limited to travelers returning from dengue-endemic regions. Epidemic dengue remains a threat to US
areas that have competent mosquito vector populations and are popular tourist destinations for travelers
from dengue-endemic regions. The researchers reviewed the medical literature for information about these outbreaks and subsequently conducted interviews with 26 people involved in mitigating them. After
analyzing the three outbreaks the researchers found three prominent themes in response efforts: timely
detection of illness, communication of up-to-date and correct information, and development of a rapid
response that engages the community. After describing each of the outbreaks in relation to these themes,
the authors made three main recommendations for public health officials to follow in order to prepare for
and properly respond to a dengue outbreak. The first recommendation is to involve the clinical and laboratory community promptly to better ensure prompt clinical diagnosis and laboratory detection of the
disease. In the Hawaii and Florida outbreaks clinicians from outside the outbreak area made the diagnosis.
Afterwards, the suspected dengue cases were reported and local health department and mosquito control
officials were able to act quickly to initiate their response. This highlights the value of physician awareness of the signs, symptoms, and diagnostic testing related to dengue. The authors recommended that in
areas at risk for dengue, local and state laboratories capable of doing on-site testing should be identified
before an outbreak occurs in order to save time waiting for diagnosis from the CDC. The authors also
recommended that health agencies involved in responding to dengue outbreaks provide accurate and upto-date information to the public, other health and vector control jurisdictions, policy makers, and the
clinical community. The authors noted that information flowed well in the three outbreaks, and that since
dengue is a mosquito-borne disease, many entities will be involved in outbreak management. Lastly, the
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porting. As mosquitoes often have breeding sites close to human dwellings, it is important to notify the
public and inform them of how to protect themselves from mosquitoes. The entire report is available at:
www.cdc.gov/eid/ahead-of-print/article/18/4/11-0968_article.htm.
Citation: Adalja A.A., et al. Lessons learned during dengue outbreaks in the United States, 2001-2011.
Emerging Infect Dis. 2012 April. [Epub ahead of print]. 
STOPLIGHT: Status of America’s Blood Centers’ Blood Supply
Total ABC Red Cell Inventory
Percent of Regional Inventory at
2 Days Supply or Less, Feb. 29, 2012
7%
5%
5%
23%
25%
5%
22%
3%
16%
6%
17%
37%
60%
58%
63%
54%
2%
66%
50%
18%
0%
28%
3%
6%
9%
12%
25-Jan
1-Feb
8-Feb
21%
23%
7%
18 %
8%
9%
East
M id w e s t
S ou th
W est
15-Feb 22-Feb 29-Feb
No Report
Green (3 days or more)
Yellow (2 days)
Red (1 day or less)
Percent of Total ABC Blood Supply
Contributed by Each Region
East: 20%; Midwest: 25%; South: 24%; West: 31%
Daily Updates are available at:
www.AmericasBlood.org
PEOPLE
Bill Weldon recently announced that, after a long career with Johnson & Johnson, he will be stepping
down as the company’s CEO, following a string of recalls of various drugs and other healthcare products.
The maker of Band-Aids and biotech drugs said on Tuesday that Alex Gorsky, vice chairman and head of
the company’s largest business by revenue, will become CEO on April 26. Mr. Weldon, who as CEO
since 2002 has helped the company grow through acquisitions and licensing deals, will remain chairman
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of the board for the time being, reported The Washington Post on Feb. 21. This change in leadership
comes as Johnson & Johnson struggles to recover from more than two dozen
product recalls since September 2009 for reasons from bacterial contamination
to liquid medicines that may contain tiny glass or metal pieces. While there
haven’t been reports of patients harmed by the recalled products, the sheer
volume is likely unrivaled in the industry, reported The Washington Post.
Although the company’s revenue slightly more than doubled to $65 billion
last year, sales from all the recalled products not on store shelves have cost the
company more than $1 billion. Mr. Weldon has spent his entire 41-year career
at Johnson & Johnson, working his way up to chief executive, and his departure is being described by the company as normal succession planning.
Weldon had repeatedly said he had no plans to leave unless asked to do so by
the board of directors, which has long been loyal to him. But late Tuesday, Weldon, 63, said in a
statement: “I look forward to the transition of leadership,” reported The Washington Post. The entire
Washington Post article is available at: http://wapo.st/wyUHnb. (Source: The Washington Post, 2/21/12)
MEMBER NEWS
Several Illinois blood centers of the Illinois Coalition of Community Blood Centers (ICCBC) joined
top legislative leaders and medical experts to promote the “Make Every Drop Count” campaign at
the Illinois Statehouse. “Make Every Drop Count” is aimed at increasing awareness for blood donation
Illinois state legislators, medical experts, and representatives of the Illinois Coalition of Community Blood Centers hold a birthday
banner commemorating ABC and ICCBC on their respective anniversaries at the Illinois Statehouse on Feb. 28. From right to left
are: Wesley Robinson-McNeese, MD, (SIU School of Medicine), Rep. LaShawn Ford (D-Chicago), Jill Bernard (Heartland Blood
Centers), Carrie Webb (Community Blood Services of Illinois, a division of Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center), Marge
Probasco (ICCBC’s Most Dedicated Coordinator), Bill Mitchell (ICCBC’s Best High School Coordinator), Margaret Vaughn (ICCBC),
Tammy Basile (LifeSource), Tara Matheson (Central Illinois Community Blood Center, a division of MVRBC), Rep. Derrick Smith
(D-Chicago), and Ann McKanna (ICCBC President & Heartland).
among the state’s African-American population due to the prevalence of rare blood traits and certain diseases such as sickle cell anemia, hypertension, lupus, and prostate cancer in the African-American
community. The ICCBC kicked off this month-long campaign in conjunction with Martin Luther King Jr.
Day at Mercy Hospital last month (see ABC Newsletter, 1/20/12). The Illinois General Assembly’s
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Black Caucus and Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., are partners in this campaign, and were represented at
the event at the Statehouse on Feb. 28. Ann McKanna, of Heartland Blood Centers and ICCBC’s president, explained that many blood disorders that often affect African-Americans require frequent
transfusions, and the best and most reaction-free match will come from an African-American donor. Unfortunately, a very small percentage of the US blood supply comes from black donors. “By not donating
blood we are putting other fellow African-Americans at risk,” explained Rep. Will Davis (D-Homewood)
and chairman of the Illinois General Assembly’s Black Caucus. “As public officials we have a responsibility to do all we can to not only increase donations but educate our constituencies on why their blood is
so especially needed.” Also representing the Illinois General Assembly, was State Rep. LaShawn Ford
(D-Chicago), who recently sponsored House Resolution 773, which was adopted by the Illinois General
Assembly last week. The resolution commemorates ABC’s 50th anniversary as well as the ICCBCs’ 10th
anniversary. Several ABC members with centers in Illinois were represented at the event, which featured
a special “birthday” banner for the two organizations as they celebrate their respective anniversaries.
ICCBC’s campaign was recently covered on a local Chicago radio station. To view the online article,
visit: www.fmnewschicago.com/news/local/story.aspx?ID=1663169. (Source: ICCBC press release,
2/28/12) 
Correction
In the Feb. 17 ABC Newsletter, we reported that the Haemonetics Corporation recently sent a letter notifying
customers that the Food and Drug Administration had denied a biologic license application (BLA) submission to produce/rescue single-units on Haemonetics LN832-00 kit (non-filtered double RBCs) used with
MCS+8510. The article correctly stated that FDA denied licensure of single unit recovery (SUR) units collected on the Haemonetics MCS+8510 using the LN832 kit. However, we then quoted the Haemonetics
letter stating that the company believes this is a “unique situation” as FDA has granted licensure for such
single units since the 1990s; FDA recently notified the ABC Newsletter that this is not correct. SUR units
are not 510K cleared to be manufactured on this device using the LN832 kit, and the collection of SUR units
has not been licensed. What has been licensed by FDA for Haemonetics’ MCS+8150 LN832 kit is the manufacture of two single dose RBC products (part 1 and part 2) during a double RBC collection. Blood
establishments licensed for the manufacture of two single dose RBC products collected during a successful
double unit collection using this kit, usually denoted on approval letters as “Red Blood Cells, Leukocytes
Reduced (single and double units),” also cannot manufacture SUR units from interrupted procedures. SUR
units collected using this kit are not licensed and cannot be distributed. Blood center staff may direct further
questions to the FDA’s Consumer Safety Office at (301) 827-3524. The ABC Newsletter apologizes for any
confusion caused by this error and thanks FDA for bringing these clarifications to our attention. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
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To place an ad, contact Leslie Norwood at the ABC office. Phone: (202) 654-2917; fax: (202) 393-5527; e-mail:
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POSITIONS AVAILABLE:
Laboratory Technician #551/Laboratory Technologist #552. Inland Northwest Blood Center, located in the
beautiful Pacific Northwest, is seeking a full-time Laboratory Technician or Laboratory Technologist to test,
evaluate and submit results on specimens received for
laboratory analysis to ensure safe blood and components
for transfusion and distribution. Position is scheduled
night shift (11:00 p.m. – 7:30 a.m.). Experience in laboratory work/blood banking desirable; ability to lift up
to 25 pounds frequently and up to 50 pounds occasionally; and Laboratory Technician: *MLT(ASCP) or
equivalent training and licensure; Laboratory Technologist: bachelors of science degree and certification as
*MT (ASCP) or equivalent. *Current students of an
accredited program who will obtain licensure within six
months may also apply. Complete position description
available upon request (800) 423-0151, Ext. 4247.
Competitive compensation/benefits package; applicants
must send/fax a completed INBC Application Attn:
Human Resources, INBC, 210 W Cataldo Ave, Spokane
WA 99201; FAX (509) 232-4530 on/before 03/14/12.
Applications are available on our website at
www.inbcsaves.org. EEO/AA
Executive Director. LifeShare Blood Centers, (LBC)
Shreveport, La., is a not-for – profit community based
blood bank, committed to providing quality blood, blood
components and related services for use by patients in
an efficient, cost effective manner. Seeking an experienced manager with exceptional leadership skills.
Responsibilities will include at least two centers (Beaumont, Texas and Lake Charles, La. - 125 employees).
Must be able to plan, organize, and manage direct center
operations in accordance with corporate policies, procedures, statutes and regulations; while meeting or
exceeding financial and operational goals. Candidate
must have a minimum of a bachelor’s degree preferably
in management or administration. Prior blood banking
or healthcare management experience a plus and at least
five years experience in managing a large number of
diverse employees. LBC provides excellent benefits and
competitive salaries. Benefits include: medical, dental,
life, short and long term disability insurances, paid time
off and 401(k). Please submit letter of interest & resume
to: [email protected].
Medical Technologists (Up To $3,000 Sign-On Bonus). Florida Blood Services, Inc. located in St.
Petersburg, Fla. is one of the largest blood banks in
Florida as well as a vital testing resource for 30 East
Coast blood centers and medical facilities from Maine to
Puerto Rico. Due to tremendous growth in our organization, we are looking for qualified Medical Technologists
to join our team. Qualified applicants will be responsible
for performing routine laboratory procedures necessary
in testing patient and/or donor samples. For more details
on these openings go to www.fbsblood.org and apply
online. As a valued member of our team you will find
that our company provides steady employment, competitive wages, great benefits, excellent retirement plan,
educational assistance, generous paid time off, shift
differential, wellness and more.
Chief Executive Officer. Central Jersey Blood Center
in Shrewsbury, N.J., is now accepting resumes for the
position of CEO. Reporting to the Board of Trustees, the
position serves as the ultimate authority in matters of
operation, is responsible for fiscal and legal matters of
corporation and for assuring that activities of management comply with the mission, quality manual and all
regulatory requirements. You will be responsible for the
recruitment efforts, blood collection, blood products and
services, and the distribution of those products. Essential
to the role is also the development of community and
corporate relationships. Preparing annual budgets to
support the attainment of the strategic plans. Must be
able to be a team leader and relate to all levels within
the organization. The CEO will exhibit a strong work
ethic and a passion for inspiring others. Additional
responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Developing short and long term plans that address competition,
customer service and human resources. Ideal candidates
must have BS/BA degree and MBA preferable, strong
preference given to individuals with extensive operational/financial experience in blood centers. Fax resume
to attention of: Donna Glassen, HR Director, (732) 9337624 or e-mail: [email protected].
Vice President, Technical Services. The Blood Bank
of Delmarva is looking for a Vice President, Technical
Services. Reporting to the President and CEO and serving as an integral member of the Executive Management
Team, the Vice President of Technical Services (VP)
provides leadership to and directs, administers, and
coordinates the Donor Services, Laboratory, and Innovation operational realms. Responsibilities: Provides
leading edge thinking concerning the industry and best
practices to the President/CEO and other key members
of senior management; maintains current FDA, AABB
and other regulatory agencies’ policy matters; and leads
the development of overall management of the technical
services strategy and aligns these in support of BBD
strategic goals and objectives. Qualifications: Technical
Degree mandatory, a master’s in business administration
or other related field and SBB certification is preferred;
minimum 10 years experience in a management role
ideally with a blood bank or health care organization;
experience either as an employee or board
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member of a nonprofit organization preferred; superior
management skills; and ability to influence and engage
direct and indirect reports and peers. Interested candidates may apply by submitting cover letter, resume and
salary requirements through www.Careerbuilder.com.
Blood Bank of Delmarva is an Equal Opportunity and
Affirmative Action Employer. 
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