Hospital Services
Arizona Blood Services Region
The Arizona Blood Services Region provides customers with a wide range of services in addition to the collection of blood products. If you are interested in learning more about Red Cross opportunities or information, please contact:
Rich Garcia, Regional Account Manager
520-230-7228 or 1-888-624-7429
Transfer of Blood Products
If we request that a hospital transfer blood to another hospital (that would normally be returned), the Red Cross will act as the courier as a convenience to the hospital. You may also transfer blood between facilities.
Inventory Management
Red Cross staff help hospitals with inventory management to help maintain appropriate stocking. Our staff is available for free consultation on hospital stock levels to meet patient needs. Contact the manufacturing hospital services manager,
Marian Stewart at 520-230-7341.
Reference Laboratory Services
We provide advanced immunohematology reference laboratory services for our customers to support patients with positive antibody identifications and rare blood types. To contact the IRL, please call 520-230-7321 or fax 520-230-7532.
Medical Consultation
Medical consultation is available around the clock
Rich Garcia
520-820-1285
Education & Publications
We provide a variety of educational tools for hospital customers including publications and online CEU/CME courses available through SUCCESS™ a series of unique, creative, continuing education self-study program for physicians and laboratory professionals in the areas of blood banking and transfusion medicine. See Hospital Events to learn more about ongoing educational opportunities in your area.
Rare Donor Program
We participate in the American Rare Donor Program and can access products for patients.
Emergency Orders
Our staff is available to provide for emergency needs from distribution centers located across our service area.
Clinical Services
These are services such as bedside plasma exchange and photopheresis. For information, or to schedule therapeutic apheresis patient services, please call 520-230-7360 or fax 520-230-7531.
Autologous/Directed Donation
Available in selected areas on the orders of a prescribing doctor. In some cases, special handling fees may apply to directed and autologous donations. Check with your Red Cross representative to determine how these fees will be billed. An informational brochure for patients is available that explains autologous and directed donation options. For information, or to schedule an appointment, please call 520-230-7263 or fax 520-230-7531.
