Innovative Blood Resources and New York Blood Center Join Forces in Lifesaving Mission

Innovative Blood Resources (IBR; www.innovativebloodresources.org) and New York Blood Center (NYBC; www.nybloodcenter.org) recently announced that they are combining their operations to create one of the nation’s leading blood centers, serving patients and hospitals in the Northeast, Midwest and nationally.

Currently one of the leading blood centers in the Midwest, IBR was formed in 2012 through the combination of two strong, nationally recognized, community-based nonprofit blood centers: Minnesota-based Memorial Blood Centers and Nebraska Community Blood Bank. With a combined 100 years of blood industry experience, IBR provides comprehensive product and service capabilities focusing on value-driven solutions for patients, hospitals, physicians, researchers, and other health care partners.

The combination of the strengths of IBR and NYBC provides the opportunity for greater breadth of services, efficiency and financial stability. The goal is to continue to provide the highest level of blood and hematology related products and services in a fast-changing environment for community blood centers nationwide.

IBR’s donors and volunteers will continue to receive the excellent service they’ve come to expect from the organization. Moreover, hospital customers will have access to an even broader range of blood products and services as a result of the partnership.

In an exciting expansion of IBR (www.innovativebloodresources.org) offerings, NYBC’s (www.nybloodcenter.org) cutting-edge medical, laboratory and testing services are expected to become part of the organization’s offering to current and future customers.