Government regulations impose unnecessary and burdensome barriers on blood centers.
Modernize America’s
Blood Supply Chain
Blood centers rely on blood collected at more than 800 donation sites across the country.
Each time a new donation site is opened, a blood center must go through an extensive licensure process to add the new site to their existing Blood License Application (BLA). This process can take more than a year, despite the blood center using the same Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), devices, and staff as their primary licensed facility.
Proposed Solution: Update the FDA licensure process to allow blood centers to quickly and safely meet changing demands for blood components.
By reducing red tape, we can:
Increase the efficiency of blood collection and distribution
Enhance blood product availability for patients in need
Reduce unnecessary costs and resource allocation
Support innovation in blood banking and transfusion medicine
The Call to Congress
U.S. Representatives Tony Wied (R-WI) and Kim Schrier (D-WA) introduced H.R. 5791, the Boosting Lifesaving Operations, Opening Donation (BLOOD) Centers Act. This bipartisan legislation would streamline the licensure process for blood centers by creating an expedited pathway to add new apheresis collection sites under an existing license.
Urge your members of Congress to support this bill to improve the quantity of our nation’s blood supply and streamline the opening of new blood centers.
