The Blood And Tissue Center Of Central Texas

The mission of The Blood and Tissue Center of Central Texas is to safeguard the community’s gifts of blood and tissue with uncompromising quality and excellence in customer service.

Description:
The Blood Center is the exclusive provider of therapeutic blood products to 33 hospitals and clinics and the over 1,400,000 people they serve in ten counties: Bastrop, Burleson, Burnet, Caldwell, Fayette, Hays, Lee, Llano, Travis, and Williamson. The Center has a very loyal corps of over 26,000 blood donors, which includes over 2,000 who have given ten gallons or more. The Tissue Center now recovers tissue, such as: skin grafts, bone grafts, ligaments and tendons, nerves, and heart valves. Skin transplants enable burn victims to heal faster. Heart valves can save the lives of younger children.

History:
The Blood and Tissue Center of Central Texas is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. Founded in 1951 as the Travis County Medical Society Blood Bank, it initially provided whole blood to four Austin Hospitals and a couple of rural clinics. The Blood and Tissue Center today is the exclusive provider and guardian of the community blood supply for more than 37 medical facilities in a ten-county service area of Central Texas. The Tissue Services division was established in 1985 due to the increasing demand for allograft tissue. Today, The Tissue Center surgically recovers tissue from approximately 300 donors each year and assists with donor family services.

Contact person: Michael Warburton, Volunteer Manager, (512) 206-1189, (email)

Office fax number: (512) 206-1261

Address:

4300 N. Lamar Blvd. Austin, TX 78756 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.inyourhands.org/lendahand

Directions:

The Blood and Tissue Center of Central Texas is located at the corner of 43rd and Lamar Blvd.   Nearest Metro/Subway Stop: 4214 Medical Parkway,   Walk distance (in minutes): 5 For maps or information, please see http://www.capmetro.org/riding/trip_info.asp

Last updated on November 9, 2009