Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Launches State-Of-The-Art Blood Mobile

I had the opportunity a short while back to take a tour of the bloodmobile...fascinating technology all based in a mobile unit...and Cedar Sinai purchased one...BD

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, which has one of the few remaining Level 1 Trauma Centers in Los Angeles, uses 50,000 pints of blood and blood products each year. But those blood and blood products have a surprisingly short shelf life - only 42 days for red blood cells and five days for platelets. To help keep a steady and sufficient supply of blood and blood products on hand, the medical center recently purchased a new blood mobile. The 35-foot self-contained coach joins a previously purchased truck that can transport all of the equipment necessary to hold an off-site blood drive involving up to 120 donors.
This new colorful, red and white customized vehicle is a self-contained blood donor coach designed to travel to businesses and organizations throughout the Los Angeles area. About the size of a city bus, the blood mobile is equipped with four donor beds, two private screening rooms, automated red-cell collection capabilities and a comfortable refreshment area where donors can relax after giving blood.