Laboratory Services

Hoxworth Blood Center provides high-level, quality laboratory services for hospital customers within, and outside of, our 17 county service area.

Immunohematology Reference Laboratory
This AABB accredited reference laboratory provides transfusion support services for our 32 hospital customers in addition to helping meet rare donor requests throughout the nation and the world.  To read more, click here.

Transfusion Service
The AABB accredited Hoxworth Blood Center Transfusion Service is located at Cincinnati Childrens Hospital and Medical Center (CCHMC) and provides one of kind products to support the infants and pediatric patients population.  To read more, click here.

Transplantation Immunology Division
This American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (ASHI) accredited Transplantation Immunology Division provides testing to support solid organ and bone marrow transplant programs in the Cincinnati area.  To read more, click here.

Cellular Therapies Division
The Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy (FACT) accredited Cellular Therapies Division provides collection, processing, cryopreservation, storage and infusion support for three bone marrow transplant programs.  It also participates in cutting edge research with local hospital transplant programs.  To read more, click here.

Components Laboratory/Product Management
The Components Laboratory is the manufacturing center for all products obtained thru whole blood and apheresis donation.  Product Management is responsible for inventory management and distribution to local customers.  To read more, click here.

Donor Testing Laboratory
The Donor Testing Laboratory provides donor testing to meet all FDA-required donor screening and confirmatory assays, as well as quality assurance testing of products manufactured at the center.  To read more, click here.

Research Division
The Research Division at Hoxworth Blood Center is a leader in research projects developed for the advancement of transfusion medicine.  Areas of interest include basic translational and clinical research.  To read more, click here.

Updated 4/15/09