Florida Georgia Blood Alliance
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The Florida Georgia Blood Alliance (FGBA) is a non-profit community blood bank that supplies Blood
to north east Florida
and south east Georgia
. The alliance began in Jacksonville, Florida
in 1942 under the name of the Jacksonville Blood Bank. In the 1980s, it expanded to include southeast Georgia became the Florida Georgia Blood Alliance. In 2001, it began serving the Memorial Health University Medical Center in Savannah
, Georgia and opened a Community Donor Center. It now also serves the Low Country area of South Carolina as The Blood Alliance.
The St. Johns County Blood Bank merged with FGBA on February 20, 2005. The resulting Blood Alliance at Flagler Hospital reduced processing costs and increased the use of technology while continuing to provide blood service to Flagler Hospital
.
Blood
Blood is a specialized bodily fluid in animals that delivers necessary substances such as nutrients and oxygen to the cells and transports metabolic waste products away from those same cells....
to north east Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
and south east Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)
Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...
. The alliance began in Jacksonville, Florida
Jacksonville, Florida
Jacksonville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Florida in terms of both population and land area, and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States. It is the county seat of Duval County, with which the city government consolidated in 1968...
in 1942 under the name of the Jacksonville Blood Bank. In the 1980s, it expanded to include southeast Georgia became the Florida Georgia Blood Alliance. In 2001, it began serving the Memorial Health University Medical Center in Savannah
Savannah
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, Georgia and opened a Community Donor Center. It now also serves the Low Country area of South Carolina as The Blood Alliance.
The St. Johns County Blood Bank merged with FGBA on February 20, 2005. The resulting Blood Alliance at Flagler Hospital reduced processing costs and increased the use of technology while continuing to provide blood service to Flagler Hospital
Flagler Hospital
Flagler Hospital, based in St. Augustine, Florida, is a not-for-profit facility established in 1889. The organization has received numerous accolades and offers "Centers of Excellence" in bariatrics, heart, cancer, maternity, orthopedics and sinus....
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