SBB Programs

Why become a Specialist in Blood Bank Technology?

1.Professional growth

2.Better job placement

3.Job satisfaction

4.Career advancement

What could I do with a SBB certification?

1.Supervise transfusion lab, reference lab or donor center

2.Quality assurance officer

3.Technical representative

4.LIS coordinator

5.Educator

6.Research Scientist

How do I get a SBB certification?

1.Attend an accredited SBB program onsite

2.Participate in a Distance Accredited SBB program

3.Take the SBB ASCP certification exam by the experience route

To obtain information about accredited SBB Programs, visit the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health education Programs (http://www.caahep.org) or the AABB (http://www.AABB.org)

The following five programs are all distance programs.  Janet Vincent from UTMB (UTMB had the first distance SBB program) invited four other programs to join UTMB in this listing.  Their names, locations, website addresses are as follows: 

Program/location                Name/email            Website

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UTMB at Galveston, TX    Janet Vincent

                                            jvincent@utmb.edu             http://www.utmb.edu/sbb

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Florida Blood Services    Marge Doty 

at St. Petersburg, FL       mdoty@fbsblood.org           http://www.fbsblood.org/html/education/sbbt.aspx

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Gulf Coast Regional Blood      Clare Wong

Center in Houston, Texascwong@giveblood.org          http://www.giveblood.org/education/distance.htm

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Community Blood Center/       Nancy Lang

Community Tissue Services    nlang@cbccts.org       http://www.cbccts.org/education/sbb.htm

in Dayton, Ohio 

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Indiana Blood Center at Jayanna Slayten

Indianapolis   jslayten@indianablood.org    http://www.indianablood.org/IBC_TME.cfm?link=0