Licenses

The Blood Center is licensed by the United States Food and Drug Administration, accredited by the AABB, and is a member of America's Blood Centers, Blood Center of America and The South Central Association of Blood Banks.

As well as being the primary blood provider to hospitals in South Louisiana and South Mississippi, The Blood Center is a member affiliate of America's Blood Centers (ABC), North America's largest network of community-based blood providers that supplies half of the United States volunteer donor blood supply. ABC members were first to respond to national tragedies like Oklahoma City, Columbine and 9/11.