CVPH: Collaboration with American Red Cross ensures steady, reliable blood supply

PLATTSBURGH | Following the New York State Nurses Association-sponsored community rally for the Adirondack Blood Donor Center Tuesday afternoon, Michelle LeBeau, president of the University of Vermont Health Network's Alice Hyde Medical Center (AHMC) and Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (CVPH), issued the following statement regarding the center's closure and current network restructuring, saying: "Today's gathering is a testament to the importance of ensuring continued access to lifesaving blood services in our community. Our commitment to providing safe, reliable blood services for our patients will continue by working with the American Red Cross. This collaboration helps ensure a dependable blood supply, preserves access to care for our community, allows us to focus our resources on the essential services our patients rely on, and supports the hospital's long-term financial sustainability. "The community's support today is also a testament to the Donor Center team and their unwavering commitment to exceptional patient care, safety and quality. Through their dedication, they have built an extraordinary legacy by recruiting legions of devoted donors and sponsors whose generosity has made a difference in thousands of lives. "The economic realities facing hospitals – especially rural hospitals – are challenging us to urgently redefine how care is provided now while securing a strong foothold in the future. Key to our success is ensuring that our most valuable resources – our people – are in positions where they can make the greatest difference for patients. When services are already available through trusted community partners, duplicating them diverts valuable expertise away from direct patient care where it is needed most. "Each member of the donor center team who chose to stay with our organization has found a position as part of the care team. "The American Red Cross will continue the great work of the donor team and ensure a steady and readily available supply of blood and blood products for the region. Separate from the Donor Center, our Blood Bank continues to test, screen, store and distribute blood and blood products for patients needing transfusions at CVPH, Alice Hyde Medical Center and Elizabethtown Community Hospital (both Elizabethtown and Ticonderoga campuses). Patients will have the life-saving blood they need, when they need it. "Collaboration with community agencies and health system partners will play an important role as we continue to advance how care is provided to the communities we serve to meet the needs of our patients today and for generations to come." Learn more at uvmhealth.org/NNYToday.

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