Rhode Island Blood Center
Organization overview
Rhode Island Blood Center is a nonprofit blood-services division of New York Blood Center, Inc., based in Providence, Rhode Island. Founded in 1979, it supplies blood and blood products to hospitals in Rhode Island and the wider New England region. It collects donations through fixed centers and mobile drives and operates Connecticut Blood Center in Middletown, Connecticut. Its clinical services include therapeutic apheresis, and its Providence location collects stem cells for transplant through the National Marrow Donor Program. The organization joined the New York Blood Center Enterprises network in 2019.