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Resource Sharing is a cooperative effort among independent blood centers designed to meet fluctuating blood component needs and address temporary blood shortages around the country.
Realizing that blood is a living tissue with a limited shelf life, a coalition of blood centers organized a program to utilize every unit of blood before it outdates and subsequently is discarded.
The philosophy of Resource Sharing recognizes it is better to share units of blood and blood products that are not used in our local service areas with patients in areas of the nation suffering blood shortages. This practice ensures that precious resources are not wasted by outdating but instead are used to save lives.
LifeShare Blood Centers provide the blood needs of patients in our local service areas first. Blood is shared with others, only after local needs are met. As stewards of the Gift of Life, we are responsible for managing donations so that they benefit someone, somewhere. LifeShare Blood Centers is committed to seeing that all donations are utilized to their fullest extent.
Resource Sharing allows LifeShare to maintain a lower processing fee which results in a reduction of your health care costs. We can do this only as a result of the generosity and commitment of our donors.
Resource Sharing is a “good neighbor policy “practiced by LifeShare Blood Centers Board of Trustees in May 1991. |
