Solvita /tags/solvita Solvita en-US Copyright Tue, 07 Jan 2025 19:32:03 GMT Local blood donation supply is critically low after snow-related closures /health/2025-01-07/cincinnati-dayton-blood-supply-low Blood donations tend to slow down over the holidays, and the winter storm forced donation center closures in Cincinnati and Dayton Monday. Tue, 07 Jan 2025 19:32:03 GMT /health/2025-01-07/cincinnati-dayton-blood-supply-low Becca Costello Dayton blood bank Solvita acquired by Milwaukee-based Versiti /health/2024-11-04/dayton-blood-bank-solvita-acquired-by-milwaukee-based-versiti The acquisition does not include Solvita's global tissue services sector. Mon, 04 Nov 2024 17:10:28 GMT /health/2024-11-04/dayton-blood-bank-solvita-acquired-by-milwaukee-based-versiti Tana Weingartner Tri-State blood centers are in desperate need of donations /health/2024-07-29/cincinnati-blood-centers-desperate-need-donations Hoxworth and Solvita, the two blood centers serving the º£½ÇÉçÇø listening area, are in need of all blood types. Mon, 29 Jul 2024 20:37:19 GMT /health/2024-07-29/cincinnati-blood-centers-desperate-need-donations Tana Weingartner Hoxworth debuts new blood donation procedures that are LGBTQ inclusive /health/2023-10-16/solvita-lgbtq-blood-donor-guidelines-hoxworth The U.S. Food and Drug Administration in May updated its guidance on who is allowed to donate blood. The new rules eliminate restrictions specifically prohibiting gay and bisexual men from donating. Wed, 27 Dec 2023 09:56:00 GMT /health/2023-10-16/solvita-lgbtq-blood-donor-guidelines-hoxworth Tana Weingartner Dayton doctors successfully separated conjoined twins. A local tissue bank played a key role /podcast/focus-on-technology/2023-09-11/dayton-doctors-separate-conjoined-twins-solvita Solvita, formerly the Community Blood Center, harvested donated skull and hip bones and made it flexible to cover the boys heads. Mon, 11 Sep 2023 08:16:00 GMT /podcast/focus-on-technology/2023-09-11/dayton-doctors-separate-conjoined-twins-solvita Ann Thompson Lifesaving Dayton blood and tissue bank has a new name /local-news/2023-09-01/dayton-blood-tissue-bank-solvita The former Community Blood Center/Community Tissue Bank has changed its name to Solvita. "Sol" meaning "sun" and "vita" meaning "life." Fri, 01 Sep 2023 19:25:41 GMT /local-news/2023-09-01/dayton-blood-tissue-bank-solvita Ann Thompson How an Ohio tissue bank is helping Hawai'i fire survivors /health/2023-08-18/dayton-ohio-tissue-bank-helping-hawaii-fire-survivors Skin allografts from Community Tissue Services in Dayton are being used in Hawai'i to help treat burn victims. Fri, 18 Aug 2023 08:08:00 GMT /health/2023-08-18/dayton-ohio-tissue-bank-helping-hawaii-fire-survivors Tana Weingartner Here's how Hoxworth and Community Blood Center are responding to updated blood donation guidelines /health/2023-06-20/hoxworth-community-blood-center-updated-blood-donation-guidelines-gay-bisexual The U.S. Food and Drug Administration in May updated its guidance on who is allowed to donate blood. The new rules eliminate restrictions specifically prohibiting gay and bisexual men from donating. Tue, 20 Jun 2023 19:25:12 GMT /health/2023-06-20/hoxworth-community-blood-center-updated-blood-donation-guidelines-gay-bisexual Tana Weingartner Tissue grafts can save lives. This local agency distributed 1 million of them in 2022 /health/2022-12-06/community-blood-center-tissue-grafts-1-million-2022 Community Blood Center/Community Tissue Services is celebrating a historic milestone — the agency distributed a record one million tissue grafts in 2022 alone. Tue, 06 Dec 2022 21:08:20 GMT /health/2022-12-06/community-blood-center-tissue-grafts-1-million-2022 Tana Weingartner Ohio tissue bank is now part of the nation's response to mass casualty burn injuries /local-news/2022-10-10/community-blood-center-skin-tissue-donation-hhs In the wake of disasters and emergencies, there's frequently a need for blood donations. Now, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is partnering with a Southwest Ohio tissue center on a inventory of donor skin to immediately treat injuries from mass casualty emergencies involving burns. Mon, 10 Oct 2022 21:01:54 GMT /local-news/2022-10-10/community-blood-center-skin-tissue-donation-hhs Tana Weingartner