Carter BloodCare

{{Short description|American nonprofit organization in Texas}}

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Carter BloodCare is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization headquartered in Bedford, Texas. Carter BloodCare currently provides more than 440,000 blood products annually to over 200 hospitals serving patients in more than 50 counties across North, Central and East Texas.{{Cite web|title=Carter BloodCare - GuideStar Profile|url=https://www.guidestar.org/profile/75-1035606|access-date=2020-07-26|website=www.guidestar.org|archive-date=2020-07-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726182448/https://www.guidestar.org/profile/75-1035606|url-status=live}} One of the largest blood centers in operation in the United States, Carter BloodCare’s mission is “we save lives by making transfusion possible.”.{{Cite web|title=One of the largest blood centers in the United States {{!}} Association for Manufacturing Excellence|url=https://www.ame.org/ame-dallas-2016/tour/one-largest-blood-centers-united-states|access-date=2020-07-26|website=www.ame.org|date=13 April 2016|archive-date=2020-07-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727064720/https://www.ame.org/ame-dallas-2016/tour/one-largest-blood-centers-united-states|url-status=live}}

The organization is accredited by AABB (formerly the American Association of Blood Banks),{{Cite web

| title = AABB Accreditation

| accessdate = 2015-06-04

| url = http://www.aabb.org/sa/facilities/bbts/Pages/BBTSAccrFac.aspx

| archive-date = 2015-06-05

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150605041103/http://www.aabb.org/sa/facilities/bbts/Pages/BBTSAccrFac.aspx

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}} and the Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy (FACT); licensed by the Food and Drug Administration; and holds membership in the South Central Association of Blood Banks (SCABB),{{Cite web

| title = SCABB Institutional Member

| accessdate = 2015-06-04

| url = http://www.scabb.org/membership/institutional-members.html

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303183746/http://www.scabb.org/membership/institutional-members.html

| archive-date = 2016-03-03

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}} America's Blood Centers (ABC),{{Cite web|title=Membership Directory|url=https://americasblood.org/membership/membership-directory/|access-date=2020-07-26|website=America's Blood Centers|language=en-US|archive-date=2020-07-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200707214013/https://americasblood.org/membership/membership-directory/|url-status=live}} Blood Centers of America (BCA),{{Cite web|title=BCA member list {{!}} Blood Centers of America|url=http://bca.coop/about-us/member-list/|access-date=2020-07-26|website=bca.coop|archive-date=2020-07-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726222341/http://bca.coop/about-us/member-list/|url-status=dead}} and the Alliance for Community Transfusion Services (ACTS).{{Cite web|title=Home|url=https://actscorp.org/|access-date=2020-07-01|website=Alliance for Community Transfusion Services|language=en-US|archive-date=2020-07-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200701201556/https://actscorp.org/|url-status=live}}

As of September 2024, Barbara Bryant serves as a Carter BloodCare chief executive officer. Bryant previously served as Chief Medical Officer and Executive Vice President at Versiti, a national leader in both blood banking and transfusion medicine research.{{Cite web|title=Fort Worth Report|url=https://fortworthreport.org/2024/07/17/carter-bloodcare-names-dr-barbara-bryant-as-new-ceo/ |access-date=2024-09-04|language=en-US}}