Dedicated to providing the highest quality products for transfusion, Community Blood Services engages in sound and ethical business practices by maintaining all required regulatory licenses and certificates of accreditation:

• New Jersey State Department of Health Clinical Laboratory and Blood Bank licenses
• New York State Department of Health licenses for collection, testing, processing an distribution of donated blood and blood products
• Health Care Finance Administration Certificate - Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act '88 (CLIA)
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) license
• Accreditation by AABB (formerly the American Association of Blood Banks)
• Accreditation by the American Society of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (ASHI)

Quality & Safety
Achieving blood safety is a process that requires a solid scientific foundation to help realize the full potential of preventing, treating and curing blood-borne diseases. Understanding fundamental characteristics of blood, as well as the development of new technologies and methodologies, enables us to continually improve the science and practice of transfusion medicine.

Our blood center also follows applicable Department of Transportation and Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations and guidelines.

Kathleen Kramer,
Director of Quality Assurance