South Texas Blood & Tissue Center News

The South Texas Blood & Tissue Center, a subsidiary of BioBridge Global, offers a variety of ways for you to stay connected with us. You can read our latest press releases or Annual Reports. Visit the Events Page to find out what’s coming up. You can watch a video clip from a newscast, view past events in the Photo Gallery or read industry news. For the social media enthusiast, the BioBridge family is known as “Connect for Life,” and can be found on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube. Also visit the our official blog here.

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Recent News Articles

Cousins’ friendly competition saves hundreds of lives

Donors are encouraged to help avoid blood shortages
June 21, 2019
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For years, cousins Grace Kloppenburg and Laurie Pustka have engaged in a friendly competition over blood and platelets donations. Together the cousins have donated more than 40 gallons of blood and platelets, helping hundreds of South Texas patients.

“Donating this many gallons is probably one of the biggest accomplishments I have done,” Grace said. “I can only imagine the people that it’s helped. I wish a lot of other people could do that.”

Laurie has been donating off and on since her senior year in high school, and a few years ago, she encouraged Grace to come with her to donate. Since then, the cousins try to come in at least twice a month to the South Texas Blood & Tissue Center donor room in Victoria.

Grace also donates in honor of her mother, who passed away from pancreatic cancer. She recalls her mother having a low platelet count and requiring several transfusions.

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Donors needed to meet blood supply shortage this World Blood Donor Day

South Texas Blood & Tissue Center partners with major esports organization to drive summer donations
June 14, 2019
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Patients across the nation are in trouble. The pool of donors providing millions of Americans with lifesaving blood is declining at a rapid rate. Roughly 45% of the nation’s blood donors are older than 50, and as the population ages, it gets harder to maintain the levels needed to save lives.

This World Blood Donor Day, June 14, the Blood Centers of America (BCA) and the South Texas Blood & Tissue Center (STBTC) are highlighting the critical need for blood donations. To help engage a new generation of young donors, STBTC and BCA have joined forces with Team Liquid, a multi-regional, professional esports organization with a national base of more than 7 million gamers.

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Blood center works to prevent summer shortages reported in other areas of the United States

South Texas Blood & Tissue Center joins with Valero to encourage blood donors during the annual summertime drop in donations
June 7, 2019
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South Texas Blood & Tissue Center (STBTC) and Valero have teamed up in June to prevent critical blood shortages in South Texas similar to those occurring across the United States.

Blood shortages, which typically worsen during the summer, have become a common problem in many regions of the country. Although it’s only the first week in June, there already are reports of blood rationing in some areas and the combination of summer heat and thuderstorms will only make shortages worse.

To encourage donations, all donors in June will receive a $10 Valero fuel card and a $5 Sonic gift card. To help boost critical supplies, type O and platelet donors will receive a $20 Valero card and the $5 Sonic card.

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San Antonio businesses recognized at SCABB meeting

June 4, 2019

Two businesses from San Antonio received awards for outstanding work in the community at the recent South Central Association of Blood Banks meeting in San Antonio.

BioBridge Global and South Texas Blood & Tissue Center took part in four sessions, and STBTC and QualTex Laboratories served as event sponsors.

The SCABB convention gathers vendors and colleagues in the blood industry to engage and learn from one another in order to ensure a safe blood supply for patients in need. Thirty-four exhibitors were at the meeting.

The event took place from May 30-June 1 at the Grand Hyatt.

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Sandy Oaks community honors mother of three

City hosts blood and marrow registry drive in honor of mother who recently lost battle with leukemia
May 10, 2019
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The City of Sandy Oaks is hosting a blood and marrow registry drive with GenCure and the South Texas Blood and Tissue Center (STBTC), subsidiaries of San Antonio nonprofit BioBridge Global.

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