Map of Blood Center Locations which accept GH Blood
This map was created on December 11, 2013 based on information provided by the FDA by that date. Note that many of these centers have additional locations in their areas or provide mobile or blood drive locations in their vicinity. Call the phone number provided to confirm if you suspect that a location may serve your area. For example, the New York Blood Center appears as a single location in NY, NY in the map above, but they have locations throughout New York and New Jersey! See them all here: http://nybloodcenter.org/donate-blood/donor-center-locations/.
Additionally many blood centers that accept our blood are apparently not included on the FDA's list of variances! Community Blood Services of New Jersey provides several locations in New York and New Jersey which also accept blood from hemochromatosis patients. They were approved for this variance in 2007, but are not listed on the FDA's website. Their locations can be found here: http://www.communitybloodservices.org/au_locations.php
One Blood also provides many additional locations in Florida and southern Georgia (Douglas and Thomasville) that have been reported to accept blood from hemochromatosis patients, but they are not currently listed on the FDA's site. The interactive map can be found at http://www.oneblood.org/Locations/
Additionally many blood centers that accept our blood are apparently not included on the FDA's list of variances! Community Blood Services of New Jersey provides several locations in New York and New Jersey which also accept blood from hemochromatosis patients. They were approved for this variance in 2007, but are not listed on the FDA's website. Their locations can be found here: http://www.communitybloodservices.org/au_locations.php
One Blood also provides many additional locations in Florida and southern Georgia (Douglas and Thomasville) that have been reported to accept blood from hemochromatosis patients, but they are not currently listed on the FDA's site. The interactive map can be found at http://www.oneblood.org/Locations/
There could be many more blood centers not listed on the FDA's website but that do have the FDA variance! Please do not consider the FDA's list to be complete! Call or check websites of nearby blood centers to ensure whether or not they accept us. Let me know if you find ones that are not listed and I will update this page! A form has been provided at the bottom of this page for your convenience.
If you live near these businesses, please donate with them. If you are currently de-ironing with phlebotomy or on maintenance, please get your blood into the blood supply using these businesses. These businesses, which exclude the American Red Cross except in Portland, OR, have gone out of their way to help others by using HH blood which was certified safe by the National Institute of Health in 2001. There should be no blood shortages in America. All it takes is more support of these businesses with variances to make that happen.
This has been an issue for a long time. Here is an article from 2001 where the Red Cross and United Blood Services were asked why they would not accept our blood but still call out for donors due to shortages. Their answer can be summed up as despite the FDA and NIH saying our blood is safe, they are not accepting our blood into the blood supply just to be sure. That makes no sense and we should be taking our business to centers that are willing to make changes to increase the blood supply!
The bloodbanker.com website may help to find blood center locations in your area to ask if they accept our blood. They even have a nice article on us posted on their site!
If you live near these businesses, please donate with them. If you are currently de-ironing with phlebotomy or on maintenance, please get your blood into the blood supply using these businesses. These businesses, which exclude the American Red Cross except in Portland, OR, have gone out of their way to help others by using HH blood which was certified safe by the National Institute of Health in 2001. There should be no blood shortages in America. All it takes is more support of these businesses with variances to make that happen.
This has been an issue for a long time. Here is an article from 2001 where the Red Cross and United Blood Services were asked why they would not accept our blood but still call out for donors due to shortages. Their answer can be summed up as despite the FDA and NIH saying our blood is safe, they are not accepting our blood into the blood supply just to be sure. That makes no sense and we should be taking our business to centers that are willing to make changes to increase the blood supply!
The bloodbanker.com website may help to find blood center locations in your area to ask if they accept our blood. They even have a nice article on us posted on their site!