TABLE 1.

REDS-IV-P domestic and Brazil Transfusion Safety Research Programs, Central Laboratory, and Data Coordinating Center

Domestic transfusion safety research program: Four participating Hubs	Annual blood collections (units) by Typea
Versiti Wisconsin, Inc., Milwaukee, WI
Participating blood center: Versiti Wisconsin	RBC: 137, 151 Platelets: 16,336   Plasma: 8683 Total: 162,170
Partner hospitals: Froedtert Hospital at the Medical College of Wisconsin (tertiary care hospital), the Marshfield Clinic Health System (rural hospital), Community Memorial Hospital, St. Joseph’s Hospital, and Children’s Medical College of Wisconsin
New York Presbyterian Hospital (NYPH), New York, NY
Participating blood center: New York Blood Center	RBC: 364,473 Platelets: 41,976   Plasma: 13,402 Total: 419,851
Partner hospitals: Columbia University Irving Medical Center (tertiary care hospital), The Joan & Sanford I. Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University (tertiary care hospital), Allen Hospital (community hospital), Lower Manhattan Hospital (community hospital), Children’s Hospital of New York (children’s hospital), and Komansky Children’s Hospital (children’s hospital)
Vitalant, San Francisco, CA
Participating blood center: Vitalant, Vitalant Research Institute, San Francisco with participation from Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA and the Karolinska Institutet, Sweden	RBC: 274,720 Platelets: 120,650   Plasma: 91,006 Total: 411,994b
Partner research organizations: Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA and the Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Partner hospitals: UCSF Medical Centers (Moffitt and Long Hospitals at Parnassus, Mount Zion, Mission Bay and Benioff Children’s Hospitals in Oakland and San Francisco), Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center (public safety-net hospital), Betty Irene Moore Women’s Hospital and Bakar Cancer Hospital
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
Participating blood centers: American Red Cross (ARC)—Connecticut Region, New York Blood Center Enterprises including Rhode Island Blood Center, and The Children’s Hospital Corporation of Boston Blood Center	RBC: 125,619 Platelets: 19,538   Plasma: 95,006 Total: 240,163
Partner hospitals: Yale-New Haven Hospital Health system on behalf of Yale-New Haven Hospital (tertiary care hospital) and Bridgeport Hospital (community hospital), and Boston Children’s Hospital
The Brazil transfusion safety research program: A US - Brazil Collaboration
Vitalant Research Institute and the Fundaçao Faculdade de Medicine and Hospital das Clinicas of the Medical School of the University of São Paulo with participation of these blood centers and clinical care organizations: Fundação Hemominas (Belo Horizonte, Juiz de Fora, and Montes Claros, Minas Gerais), Fundação Hemope (Recife, Pernambuco), Fundação Hemorio (Rio de Janeiro), Fundação Hemoam (Manaus, Amazonas), and Fundação Pro-Sangue and Hospital das Clinicas (Sao Paulo)	Total: 422,470c
Center for Transfusion Laboratory Studies
Vitalant Research Institute, San Francisco, CA and Denver, CO with participation from Creative Testing Solutions, Temple, AZ, the University of Colorado, Auroras, CO, and Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA
Data Coordinating Center
Westat Inc., Rockville, MD with participation from DARTNet Institute, Aurora, CO and Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, D.C.

Abbreviation: RBC, red blood cells.

^aThe annual blood collection numbers are estimates based the past 1–5 fiscal years, as defined by each hub. These collections are comprised of RBC (whole blood, apheresis, and/or double red cell), platelets, and plasma.

^bThe total number of collections at the participating San Francisco sites are less than the sum of the three component types because multiple components can be collected and manufactured from whole blood and various apheresis procedures.

^cThe Brazil blood centers were unable to provide a break down of the collections by type. Most are whole blood collections.