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History of Hoxworth Blood Center
• December 10, 1938, the blood center opened as one of the nation’s first community blood centers under the direction of Dr. Paul I. Hoxworth.
• In 1944, UC President Raymond Walters agreed to sponsor the blood center. We became the University of Cincinnati Blood Transfusion Service.
• In 1973, we were rededicated as the Hoxworth Blood Center.
• The Blood Center has grown to be an internationally recognized leader in transfusion medicine.
• Today, Hoxworth has a staff of more than 260 full and part-time employees and a compliment of more than 300 volunteers committed to serving our community. • Hoxworth supplies all the blood and blood component needs to 31 hospitals in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana.
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We serve about 1.9 million people
• We are the community’s only blood center
• Our collections include whole blood, platelets and red cells via automated collections called apheresis.
Hoxworth Blood Center Operations Blood Related Services
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Cellular Therapies
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Components Manufacturing
• Immunohematology Reference Laboratory
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Research
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Transplantation Immunology
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Therapeutic Apheresis Services
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