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PRESS RELEASE ARCHIVE

Share Your Legacy and Save a Life — Become a West Point Blood Donor (November 2016)
Sacrifice, loyalty and duty are traits that Soldiers exhibit every day, but the sacrifices they make before they deploy can save lives just as surely as battlefield heroics.

2016 Army-Navy Blood Donor Challenge Saves Lives in DC, MD and VA (October 2016)
Donors from all over the Washington metro area will save lives during the sixth annual Armed Services Blood Program Army-Navy Blood Donor Challenge which will run Nov. 3 through Dec. 6. This year, the ASBP will conduct 12 blood drives ...

ASBP Donor Centers in or Near Zika Virus Transmission Areas Prepared to Begin Testing (October 2016)
On Friday the Armed Services Blood Program announced that all blood donor centers located in eleven high-risk states affected by the Zika Virus are in full compliance with an FDA recommendation to begin testing blood products.

ASBP Provides Blood Products to Support Hurricane Matthew Relief Efforts (October 2016)
The ASBP announced blood products were requested late Thursday in support of relief efforts aimed at Hurricane Matthew. Overnight, a significant number of frozen red blood cell units were prepared for shipment to the United States Navy ...

ASBP Recognizes Dr. William Hann as 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award Winner (October 2016)
The ASBP announced the honoree of its annual Lifetime Achievement Award: Army Col. Dr. William Hann. Hann is posthumously recognized for a distinguished Army career that helped to transform the military blood program.

Military Blood Program from Generation-to-Generation (July 2016)
This summer, the ASBP celebrates the Legacy of Blood from generation-to-generation. With roots that date back to World War II, the military blood program’s legacy spans the globe — from humanitarian engagement and NATO partner initiatives to technological and procedural advancements that ...

Pathogen Reduction Technology Funding Approved, ASBP on the Forefront of Deployment (June 2016)
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has agreed to help fund pathogen reduction technologies to help reduce the chance of the Zika virus ...

FDA Releases FAQs to Reduce Risk of Transfusion-Transmitted Zika Virus (June 2016)
The Food and Drug Administration recently released guidance to provide answers to common questions asked by blood establishments in response to “Recommendations for Donor ...

ASBP Website Receives Honorable Mention in Army-wide MG Keith L. Ware Awards (April 2016)
The ASBP website received an Honorable Mention in the 2015 U.S. Army Major General Keith L. Ware Public Affairs Competition. First place winners and honorable mentions were announced March 16 by Army Chief of Public Affairs Brig. Gen. Malcolm Frost.

ASBP Website, Newsletter Place First in MEDCOM Keith L. Ware Public Affairs Competition (March 2016)
The Armed Services Blood Program is proud to announce that the ASBP website and the Focal Point monthly e-newsletter took home top honors in their respective categories of the 2015 Maj. Gen. Keith L. Ware Public Affairs Competition.

Current U.S. Blood Supply is Adequate to Handle Demands Resulting From Active Transmission of Zika Virus in U.S. Territories (February 2016)
The AABB Interorganizational Task Force on Domestic Disasters and Acts of Terrorism has determined ...

Armed Services Blood Program Zika Virus Update (February 2016)
The safety and security of the military blood supply, and in coordination with U.S. blood and blood product licensing and regulatory agencies, an official policy has been developed, and will be implemented by the military blood program, 12 February 2016. This policy is designed to reduce the incidence of transfusion-transmitted Zika.

Thank You for Making the Connection: Military Blood Program Celebrates National Blood Donor Month (January 2016)
This January, the Armed Services Blood Program is celebrating National Blood Donor Month and thanking donors for “making the connection,” and saving lives.