[DOC] [TLE] The U.S. Blood Supply System - HIV And The Blood Supply - NCBI ... [PAR] The U.S. blood supply system is comprised of many organizations with ... from 
whole blood collected by community blood banks or hospitals is sold to 
commercial .... The American Red Cross (ARC) collects approximately half the 
blood in the... [DOC] [TLE] All About/Blood Banks - A Multibillion-Dollar Business in a Nonprofit ... [PAR] Jul 7, 1991 ... Three nonprofit organizations dominate the $2 billion American market for whole 
blood. ... Its 53 regional blood centers collect more than half of the nation's ... 
blood centers have purchased computer systems to track donors. [DOC] [TLE] America's Blood Centers [PAR] America's Blood Centers' member organizations make up North America's largest 
network ... blood centers, which operate more than 600 blood donation collection 
sites. Together the network provides half the U.S. blood supply to over 3,500... [DOC] [TLE] Michigan Blood - About Michigan Blood [PAR] ... of healthcare organizations with expertise in blood collection, transfusion and 
... blood banks spanning North America that together provide half the US blood 
supply. ... Michigan Blood is a nonprofit, self-supporting organization holding 
FDA... [DOC] [TLE] Does the Red Cross sell blood? - Slate [PAR] Sep 11, 2006 ... The American Red Cross will have to pay a $4.2 million fine for violating ... 
Regional suppliers provide about half the nation's blood supply, and the ... collect 
their blood, and then process it and test it for contamination. ... The $4.2 million 
doesn't amount to very much in terms of the organization's operating... [DOC] [TLE] WHO | Blood safety and availability - World Health Organization [PAR] Of the 112.5 million blood donations collected globally, approximately half of 
these are ... In total, 74 countries collect over 90% of their blood supply from 
voluntary unpaid blood .... 8 countries report that plasma collected in the country 
was sold to the manufacturers of .... World Blood Donor Day 2016: Blood 
connects us all. [DOC] [TLE] List of blood donation agencies in the United States - Wikipedia [PAR] Nearly every hospital in the United States has a blood bank and for everyone The 
following is a list of groups that collect blood for transfusion and not a complete 
list of blood banks. Contents. [hide]. 1 National organizations; 2 Regional 
organizations ... members, and these account for approximately half of the US 
blood supply. [DOC] [TLE] 26 U.S. Code  6046 - Returns as to organization or reorganization ... [PAR] who acquires stock which, when added to any stock owned on the date of ... his 
brothers and sisters (whether by the whole or half blood), spouse, ancestors, and
... [DOC] [TLE] Blood Facts and Statistics | American Red Cross - RedCrossBlood.org [PAR] Learn more blood statistics and facts provided by the American Red Cross. ... The 
number of whole blood and red blood cell units collected in the U.S. in a year: 
13.6 million ... Half of Red Cross donors male, and half are female. ... given to the 
Red Cross are collected at mobile blood drives set up at community 
organizations... [DOC] [TLE] Red Cross to Charge More for Blood - ABC News [PAR] The nation's hospitals will pay more for blood collected by the American Red ... 
The organization collects a half million units of other special donations which... [DOC] [TLE] THE BLOOD BROKERS - RED CROSS: FROM DISASTER RELIEF ... [PAR] In other words, the Red Cross, a nonprofit organization that gets its blood free .... 
at least half of all the blood collected and sold to hospitals in the United States. [DOC] [TLE] LifeShare Blood Centers [PAR] Did you know blood drives hosted by companies, places of worship and civic 
organizations supply roughly half of all blood donations across the U.S.? ... 
aspects of blood banking, blood collection, product manufacturing, 
immunohematology,... [DOC] [TLE] The emergence of HIV in the U.S. blood supply: Organizations ... [PAR] Almost the same volume of raw plasma is purchased as whole blood is donated 
.... since such blood is often collected from sectors of society in which 
transmissible ...... kets, more than half of the sixteen thousand

Question: About half the blood collected in the U.S. is acquired by this organization
Answer: Red Cross