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Hospitals in the territory covered by the Washington Regional Blood Center have signed an agreement with Red Cross to reimbuVse the Red Cross $2.80 for each pint of whole blood supplied by the Red Cross and used in transfusions.
This reimbursement is in no way. to he for the blood itself, but is given by the' hospitals to the Red Cross to help pay part of the cost to the Red Cross of securing and distributing whole blood;
In most cases this cost of $2.80 will be passed on the patient whp receives the blood. It must be noted, however, that this small amount in no way represents the full cosj^of securing a pint of Red Cross .blood, fn fact, it represents less than one-third of the cost. The Red Crow pays all the rest. • Thir igreemenjf between the hospitals and thf Red Cross became necessary for four reasons.
1. Because the increasing cost of living generally has increased, the cost of materials used in collecting and processing blood, maintaining a technical staff, and finally distributing the blood to the hospitals has ■ also increased. All this in spite of the fact that the number of volunteers giving their services to1 the Red Cross has increased more ithan two. fold in the last two years.
2. Because of the rapid increase in population,! the use of blood in hospitals for operations, in accidents, and in child birth has also in-. creased. . !1
3. The third reason for the need of this $2.80 per pint to be given to the Red Cross has its roots in the fact that the needed increased financial support of recent fund drives has not been met. The Red Cross does not have sufficient funds to defray the mounting cost of securing blood in the amounts of the increased need.
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