Photo by Jonathan Davis | Defense Health Agency | 12.02.2023
Effective December 2023, the Armed Services Blood Program has incorporated all FDA-recommended revisions to the individualized donor assessment and new screening procedures. All donors, regardless of sexual orientation, will be asked the same screening questions....
Photo by Ian Wilson | Defense Health Agency | 11.02.2023
Retired U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Earl Granville gives a speech at the donor ceremony elaborating on the importance of donating blood, and how much they accomplished today by joining the 100-Donor Club....
Photo by Ian Wilson | Defense Health Agency | 11.02.2023
The 6-56 Knight Hawk are Awarded for Top Battalion Blood Drives (Left to Right: U.S. Army Col. Christopher Evans – Director Army Blood Program, U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Antonio Golden – 6-56 CSM, U.S. Army Lt. Col. Sam Pearson – 6-56 Commanding Officer, U.S. Army Lt. Col. Christopher Ellison – Deputy Director, Patient Services, CRDAMC)...
Photo by Ian Wilson | Defense Health Agency | 11.02.2023
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Matthew Peters awarding Tiger Squadron as Top Blood Drive on Fort Cavazos, with over 150 donors at a single blood drive. (Left to Right: U.S. Army Lt. Col. Widmar Roman – Tiger Squadron Commanding Officer, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Matthew Peters – NCOIC Robertson Blood Center)...
Photo by Darrin McDufford | Defense Health Agency | 11.01.2023
Kyle Zeigler, Quality Assurance Manager at the Blood Donor Center of the Armed Services Blood Program, Great Lakes, Ill., prepares individual cryoprecipitate (cryo) units into pre-storage pooled cryo. A process of combining multiple units of single cryo into a single unit before the product is frozen and can be stored frozen for up to one year....
Photo by Darrin McDufford | Defense Health Agency | 11.01.2023
Kyle Zeigler, Quality Assurance Manager at the Blood Donor Center of the Armed Services Blood Program, Great Lakes, Ill., prepares individual cryoprecipitate (cryo) units into pre-storage pooled cryo. A process of combining multiple units of single cryo into a single unit before the product is frozen and can be stored frozen for up to one year....
Photo by Jonathan Davis | Defense Health Agency | 10.13.2023
U.S. Army Capt. Marianne Rose, Fort Leonard Wood Blood Donor Center chief, explains to the soldiers in Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 10th Infantry Regiment how important their 100-Donor Club membership is to Army Readiness during their “Giving 4 Living” streamer presentation Oct. 13. They had more than 100 eligible donors volunteer to give blood to the Armed Services Blood Program Oct. 8, 2023....
Courtesy Photo | Defense Health Agency | 10.10.2023
The Armed Services Blood Program is pleased to announce the recipient of the 2023 ASBP’s Lifetime Achievement Award: retired U.S. Army Col. Richard Gonzales. He has supported the military blood banking community for over 30 years, and throughout his career, Gonzales has consistently ensured ASBP mission success and more. (Photo by Swati Agane)...
