Blood Assurance

Blood Assurance is a non-profit organization designed to provide blood to surrounding hospitals of the Chattanooga, Tennessee, North Georgia, Alabama, Southwest Virginia, and North Carolina areas.

Their headquarters is on East 4th Street in Chattanooga.^[1]

History

Blood Assurance was founded in 1972 by the Chattanooga–Hamilton County Medical Society, Chattanooga Area Hospital Council, and Chattanooga Jaycees; it serves more than 70 health care facilities in 47 counties in 5 states. Blood Assurance is a member of the American Association of Blood Banks, America's Blood Banks, Blood Centers of America, the Tennessee Association of Blood Banks, the Tennessee Hospital Association, the Chattanooga Area Hospital Council, the Tennessee Department of Health, and the Georgia Department of Community Health. The organization is licensed by the Alabama State Board of Health, the Georgia Department of Human Resources, the Tennessee Department of Public Health and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).^[1]

Locations

As of May 2014, there are 13 donation centers and 13 bloodmobiles.^[2]

• Cartersville, Georgia
• Dalton, Georgia
• Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia
• Rome, Georgia
• Chattanooga, Tennessee (three locations)
• Cleveland, Tennessee
• Cookeville, Tennessee
• Hixson, Tennessee
• Johnson City, Tennessee
• Tullahoma, Tennessee
• Abingdon, Virginia
• Bristol, Virginia

Facilities served

The following facilities are listed as being serviced by Blood Assurance.^[3]

Alabama

• Cherokee Medical Center, Centre
• DeKalb Regional Medical Center, Fort Payne
• Highlands Medical Center, Scottsboro

Georgia

Union General Hospital, Blairsville Fannin Regional Hospital, Blue Ridge Gordon Hospital, Calhoun Cartersville Medical Center, Cartersville Polk Medical Center, Cedartown Murray Medical Center, Chatsworth Hamilton Medical Center, Dalton North Georgia Medical Center, Ellijay

Hutcheson Medical Center, Fort Oglethorpe DCI - Fort Oglethorpe, Fort Oglethorpe Chatuge Regional Hospital, Hiawassee DCI – LaFayette, LaFayette Floyd Medical Center, Rome Redmond Regional Medical Center, Rome Wildwood Hospital, Wildwood

North Carolina

• Erlanger Western Carolina Hospital, Murphy

Tennessee

Cumberland River Hospital, Celina Erlanger Health System, Chattanooga Erlanger North Hospital, Chattanooga Memorial Hospital, Chattanooga Parkridge East Hospital, Chattanooga Parkridge Medical Center, Chattanooga Children's Hospital at Erlanger, Chattanooga Chattanooga Kidney Center, Chattanooga Chattanooga Kidney Center – North, Chattanooga DCI – Lyerly, Chattanooga DCI - S. Broad, Chattanooga DCI - Third Street, Chattanooga HealthSouth Chattanooga Rehab, Chattanooga HealthSouth Surgery Center, Chattanooga Kindred Hospital, Chattanooga

Physician's Surgery Center, Chattanooga Tennova Healthcare, Clarksville Sky Ridge Medical Center, Cleveland Sky Ridge Medical Center Westside Campus, Cleveland Kidney Center of Cleveland, Cleveland Maury Regional Medical Center, Columbia Cookeville Regional Medical Center, Cookeville Copper Basin Medical Center, Copperhill Rhea Medical Center, Dayton Unicoi County Medical Center, Erwin DCI - East Ridge, East Ridge Lincoln Medical Center, Fayetteville Williamson Medical Center, Franklin DCI – Hixson, Hixson Memorial North Park Hospital, Hixson Grandview Medical Center, Jasper DCI – Jasper, Jasper

Franklin Woods Community Hospital, Johnson City Johnson City Medical Center, Johnson City Marshall Medical Center, Lewisburg Medical Center of Manchester, Manchester United Regional Medical Center, Manchester River Park Hospital, McMinnville Johnson County Community Hospital, Mountain City Home Care Solutions, Ooltewah Erlanger Bledsoe Medical Center, Pikeville Emerald-Hodgson Hospital, Sewanee DeKalb Community Hospital, Smithville Highlands Medical Center – Sparta, Sparta Harton Regional Medical Center, Tullahoma Southern Tennessee Medical Center, Winchester Stones River Hospital, Woodbury

Virginia

• Johnston Memorial Hospital, Abingdon
• Twin County Regional Hospital, Galax
• Russell County Medical Center, Lebanon
• Smyth County Community Hospital, Marion

References

1. "About Blood Assurance". Blood Assurance. Archived from the original on April 19, 2013. Retrieved May 6, 2014.
2. "Blood Assurance Locations". Blood Assurance. Archived from the original on April 19, 2013. Retrieved May 6, 2014.
3. "Hospitals". Blood Assurance. Archived from the original on April 19, 2013. Retrieved May 6, 2014.

External links

• Official website