Services
The UI DeGowin Blood Center provides service in four major areas:
Donor collections
The DeGowin center at UI Hospitals and Clinics and mobile blood drives are operated to collect whole blood, apheresis platelets, and granulocytes.
Therapeutic hemapheresis
A full range of therapeutic procedures is offered, including plasma and red cell exchange, photopheresis, stem cell collection, and therapeutic phlebotomy. The blood center physicians provide consultative services to clinicians.
Tissue and Cellular Therapies
Bone marrow and stem cells are processed for transplantation in this facility, both for patients at UI Hospitals and Clinics and patients worldwide as a member of the National Marrow Donor Program. Tissue and Cellular Therapies also stores and distributes virtually all human tissues implanted at UI Hospitals and Clinics.
Transfusion service
The blood bank performs compatibility testing, antibody identification and transfusion reaction evaluations, and provides specialized blood components for transfusion. The blood center physicians provide consultative services to clinicians.
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