Be a local lifesaver! Free lifesaver shirt when you donate blood at Hoxworth Blood Center in February

URGENT NEED FOR DONORS!

We Are OPEN!
Hoxworth neighborhood donor centers are open today, February 19. Thank you for donating and please be safe.

February 16-28: EXTRA LOVE BONUS

Local patients urgently need you! Donate blood or platelets Feb. 16-28 and get a little extra love - BONUS eGift card sent directly to your inbox: $10 eGift card for whole blood donation, $20 eGift card for platelet and double red cell donations.

February 1-28: Lifesaver Shirt
All blood and platelet donors who give at any of our 7 neighborhood donor centers and select mobile blood drives in February will receive a soft long-sleeve waffle shirt with “Lifesaver” and the number “56”—a reminder to the 56-day waiting period between whole blood donations * While supplies last.

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Hoxworth Blood Center

Hoxworth Blood Center, an internationally-recognized leader in transfusion medicine, was founded in 1938 and is currently the oldest operating blood bank in the country. Hoxworth serves more than 30 area hospitals and medical centers and collects more than 100,000 units of blood products to help save the lives of patients in area hospitals.

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Saving Lives

Hoxworth Blood Center serves over 30 hospitals in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana, providing blood and service to the entire region while remaining self-sufficient and financially sound.

TRANSDISCIPLINARY TEACHING & RESEARCH

As a division of the University of Cincinnati as well as a trusted partner of University of Cincinnati Medical Center and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Hoxworth promotes and supports research to help save lives.

TRANSFUSION MEDICINE

Hoxworth’s patient services division improves the health of individuals through services such as Therapeutic Apheresis, Red Blood Cell Exchange and Photopheresis

I am so thankful that there are amazing, selfless, lifesaving heroes out there that are willing to donate their blood. Without these donations, I wouldn’t be here to celebrate life’s many tiny miracles.

Heather Bennett Blood Recipient

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blood & platelet donors needed every day

lives that can be saved with every whole blood donation

Neighborhood Donor Centers throughout the Tri-State

Hoxworth News

Cincinnati Music Hall Blood Drive celebrates Hoxworth donors...

February 18, 2025

Hoxworth Blood Center, University of Cincinnati, is partnering with local arts organizations to host one of the largest community blood drives Feb. 24 at Cincinnati’s Music Hall. Do you love music? Do you love saving lives? Now you can do both in an experience that is truly magical, combining the power of music with the impact of saving lives!

OrSense cutting-edge technology helps improve donor experience...

February 18, 2025

Are you one of those donors who hates the finger prick before you donate blood? Those pricks are now a thing of the past at Hoxworth Blood Center, University of Cincinnati! There is a NEW screening method for iron levels. Hoxworth is beyond excited to announce that we have switched to the OrSense device, similar to a blood pressure cuff for your finger, which measures hemoglobin. Not only is this more comfortable for the donor, it also is more cost effective and eliminates biohazard waste.

14th annual Queen City Blood Drive takes over Heritage Bank...

February 3, 2025

Hoxworth Blood Center, University of Cincinnati, the Heritage Bank Center and the Cincinnati Cyclones are partnering for the 14th annual Queen City Blood Drive on Tuesday, Feb. 11 and Wednesday, Feb. 12. The event will be held from 12 p.m.-6 p.m. on Feb. 11 and from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on Feb. 12 at the Heritage Bank Center, 100 Broadway, Cincinnati, OH 45202. All donors will walk away with a FREE Queen City logo long-sleeve T-shirt, a voucher for two Cincinnati Cyclones tickets, a voucher for a free Donatos pizza, a bag from Flying Pig Marathon (while supplies last) and a Cincinnati Cyclones hoodie (while supplies last). Complimentary parking at Central Riverfront Garage (149 Broadway) from SP+ Parking and Hamilton County will be provided.

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