Fewer blood drives and greater hospital demand fueling the need for blood donors of all blood types The fluctuation of the community blood supply and a strong hospital demand have created a critically low and unstable situation. Initially brought on by thousands of blood drive cancelations with the “shelter in place” orders, Carter BloodCare’s challengeRead more

Carter BloodCare is showing our respect for veterans and the brave men and women currently in the armed forces, by hosting special blood drives on November 9th and 10th. For each blood donation that Carter BloodCare receives at the blood drives, the blood center will donate $10 toward The Blood Centers of America’s (BCA) SpecialRead more

Soulman’s Bar-B-Que invites donors to be part of this season of giving. All November long, blood donors will receive a special thank you from our newest community partner. In the true spirit of giving,  Soulman’s Bar-B-Que and Carter BloodCare are inviting blood donors to help our community stay prepared for whatever 2020 may still bring.Read more

Humanity is in our blood … The need for blood never ends, but the amount of blood needed for a stable blood supply can fluctuate; and during these uncertain times, the blood supply can fluctuate dramatically. The available supply of most blood types is less than what is typically needed by local patients for justRead more

HLA Matched Platelets Human leukocyte antigen, or HLA, is expressed in almost every cell of our bodies. HLA determines the physical characteristics of each individual person – depending on the chains of proteins, or “markers”, and how they are sequenced. The science of HLA matching of platelets is used for pairing a donor with aRead more

September is National Sickle Cell Awareness Month and Carter BloodCare is honoring those living with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) by raising awareness and amplifying their stories. What is Sickle Cell Disease (SCD)? Also known as sickle cell anemia, SCD is a group of inherited red blood cell disorders that causes the red blood cells toRead more

UPDATE: Community partners braved the moment to keep our blood supply ready for the unexpected. Summer is normally a challenging time for the blood supply. This summer, those challenges multiplied because of social distancing, canceled company and school blood drives, and other rapidly changing conditions.  The outpouring of support and collective efforts of all ofRead more

Join the Texas Rangers to make sure our community’s blood supply is prepared for whatever comes our way. This year has been unlike any thing we have faced before. Giving of ourselves and being prepared will help us face whatever the rest of 2020 (and beyond) will bring. Our partners, the Texas Rangers are hostingRead more

The English and Spanish assets below are provided for your use in recruiting recently recovered COVID-19 patients.  Please feel free to use these across your organization’s social media channels, as well as, internally on your digital boards and other communication channels, such as email and/or patient discharge packets.  We appreciate your support in promoting the needRead more

Many thanks to the incredibly generous donors and sponsors that came together for the second annual Celebration of Life Blood Drive with Kidd’s Kids!  It was great to see all 114 blood donors and our awesome community partners: Toyota Motor-North America, Texas Lottery, Toyota Music Factory, Whataburger, Direct Energy, the City of Irving and Las Colinas, and UNIFYRead more