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America’s Blood Centers (ABC) is an association of independent (that is, not American Red Cross) not‐for‐profit community blood centers established in 1962. Efforts to meet the goals of safety, quality, and efficiency in blood services are met through programs such as group purchasing of supplies, services, and liability insurance; efforts to increase volunteer blood donation; effective sharing of blood resources; strengthening of blood center management skills; training programs to ensure compliance with federal regulations; and efforts to ensure fair and balanced resolution of disputes between blood centers and the public they serve. ABC works nationally by helping to shape and influence federal and state regulations, policies, and standards of care that its membership believes are in the best interest of the donors and patients they serve. The association also works to identify and promote needed research and development in blood services; promotes information exchange between members of operational practices; and promotes new programs, policies, and ideas by conducting surveys and meetings of small working groups and by developing workable models. ABC has approximately 70 institutional members with about 600 donor centers throughout the United States that collect about 60% of the nation’s volunteer donor blood supply.