Houchin blood bank bakersfield buena vista

Please log in, or sign up for a new account and purchase a subscription to continue reading. Please log in, or sign up for a new account to continue reading. Twenty-one donor chairs still need to be installed. Houchin is supplying the new radios to be used during a communication emergency. Greg Gallion, president and CEO of Houchin, said the building will give the blood bank room to grow, with the space to collect more pints of life-saving blood, house more mobile units and add more staff.

The new building will bring Houchin's services, including manufacturing and testing, under one roof. Currently the blood bank's operations are divided among four locations -- buildings on G and H streets and Truxtun Avenue as well as a separate office space on Truxtun.

Houchin's donation center on Truxtun Avenue will stay open after the new building is up and running, but operations from the other three locations will be moved to the new facility.

The CEO led reporters through the building's pristine rooms Monday as workers applied bright paint to a wall and washed windows. The building was unfurnished save for a number of massive flat-screen televisions hanging in the lobby, conference rooms and administrative offices. Greg Frank, architect from Skarphol Associates, which handled the interior design of the building, said the architects aimed for modern and minimalist themes incorporating some natural materials.

The open space and the free-flowing, curving ceiling in the donor room could be calming for donors, he said. Fountains and reflecting pools are planned for the facility's outdoor landscaping. A glass-walled playroom for children sits between the donation room and the spacious donor canteen, where green shapes are suspended from the ceiling.

Accent walls painted in shades such as "turbulent seas" blue and tinted squares on the carpet also added patches of color to the building. Aside from the aesthetic elements, the building offers many practical benefits. Some heroes wear scrubs, and they use donor blood, platelets, or plasma to help patients in hospitals and trauma centers. When they have the supply they need, they can save lives.

One pint of blood can save up to three lives. If we come together as a community arm in arm, how many lives could we save? People in our community need blood transfusions to survive. Every 2 seconds, someone in the United States needs blood. Demand is high, but you can help. It could have been a whole lot different. December 17, News Press Release. December 1, October 6, News Press Release Uncategorized.

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