Kentucky Blood Center
Headquarters: Lexington, KY
Region Served: Central and Eastern Kentucky
Established: 1968
Mission: Kentucky Blood Center is a community based not-for-profit organization that exists to provide life-saving blood products where needed. We strive to ensure that every hospital we serve has access to a safe and abundant blood supply. We are committed to operate in the most efficient way possible, providing maximum value to our stakeholders.
About: Kentucky Blood Center is a community-based nonprofit organization providing lifesaving blood products to Kentucky hospitals since 1968. We strive to ensure every hospital we serve has access to a safe and abundant blood supply. KBC is the largest FDA-licensed nonprofit blood bank headquartered in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and relies on volunteer blood donors to provide 400 pints of blood per day to meet area patients’ needs.
65K+
RBC Collected Annually
15K+
Annual Platelets Count
2k+
Mobile Blood Drives Per Year
87k
Donors Registered Last Year
NBC Leadership
William S. Reed, CEO
NBC Leadership
William S. Reed, CEO
Bill became KBC’s fifth President and CEO in October, 2008. Prior to relocating to Lexington, Bill worked in senior management positions at large blood centers in San Antonio (4 years) and Indianapolis (10 years). Bill received his BA from Indiana University and followed up with his MBA from Indiana Wesleyan University.
Kentucky Blood center, the largest Food and Drug Administration licensed blood bank headquartered in Kentucky, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to ensuring a safe, adequate blood supply for patients at nearly 70 Kentucky hospitals and clinics in more than 60 counties. KBC relies on volunteers to collect 400 pints of blood per day to meet area patients’ needs. Over the last year KBC distributed nearly 130,000 blood components.
KBC employs more than 240 people who provide professional expertise to recruit donors, collect blood donations, process and test donated units and distribute blood products to hospitals. To be able to provide this service, KBC has five donor centers (Beaumont and Andover locations in Lexington and one each in Louisville, Pikeville and Somerset) and also provides mobile donation opportunities throughout the region.
All blood that is collected by KBC is returned to the Beaumont Donor Center where it is processed, prepared and stored for shipment to Kentucky hospitals.
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