2023-07-05

The FDA now recommends the same assessment questions for all donors, regardless of gender or sexual orientation. ARUP Blood Services is one of the first donor centers to update processes in response.

2023-01-09

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has updated its guidelines to allow individuals who lived or worked in the United Kingdom, France, or Ireland to donate blood and platelets.

2022-05-26

ARUP Blood Services is giving out concert tickets and National Parks annual passes to blood and platelet donors all summer.

2022-04-27

As an ARUP blood bank specialist, Noël Pusey uses both creativity and science to solve puzzles in transfusion medicine and help patients.

2021-09-27

AirMed and ARUP Blood Services commemorate a yearlong partnership in which ARUP has provided blood for AirMed to transfuse patients in flight.

2021-07-06

ARUP Blood Services and University of Utah Health join Intermountain Healthcare and the American Red Cross asking Utahns to donate blood.

2020-10-07

Perhaps more than ever before, ARUP Blood Services is relying on high school students to help save lives through blood donations, as its usual donor sources have diminished.

2020-07-27

When one of the University of Utah’s (U of U’s) AirMed helicopters take off on an emergency call, there is now a small cooler onboard containing their latest means of saving lives — blood.

2020-04-03

While most blood drives have been canceled, ARUP’s two blood donation centers have remained open. ARUP has seen donations increase as more people have sought ways to help.

2019-06-25

When a patient with traumatic injuries arrives in the emergency room or a cancer patient is receiving a blood transfusion, it is critical that they receive blood types compatible with their bodies.

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