Hospital Information
Hospital Services, the distribution arm of Kentucky Blood Center, serves as KBC’s main contact with blood bank staff in hospitals and clinics in nearly 70 counties throughout Kentucky. Hospital Services staff takes orders for blood components, discusses blood inventory issues, and works with hospital blood bank staff to make sure they have enough blood on hand for patients.
Hospital services representatives are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week for KBC customers.
Contact Numbers
- Hospital Services: 859.519.3775
- Hospital Services Fax: 859.277.3005
- Reference Lab: 859.519.3816
Industry Information
American Blood Centers' Blood Bulletins of Interest:
- ABC Blood Bulletin - Blood Shortages - How Can Hospitals Help? (March 2022)
- ABC Blood Bulletin - Individual Donor Risk Assessment and Blood Safety (July 2023)
- ABC Blood Bulletin – Low-Yield Platelets (Dec. 2020)
- ABC Blood Bulletin – Patient Blood Management (Oct. 2014)
- ABC Blood Bulletin – TACO (Feb. 2020)
- ABC Blood Bulletin – Transfusing O Neg Blood (June 2021)
- ABC Blood Bulletin – Using Group A Plasma (July 2019)
AABB Association Bulletins
For current AABB Bulletins, click here.