Univ. of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago

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The Institute for Transfusion Medicine (ITxM), with headquarters in Pittsburgh, is the parent company of multiple blood-banking concerns, including the Central Blood Bank which serves the Pittsburgh area, the LifeSource blood bank which serves the Chicago area, the subsidiary ITxM Diagnostics, and the subsidiary ITxM Clinical Services which includes the Cord Blood Services.  ITxM administrative headquarters are in Pittsburgh, but the FDA registration for the cord blood lab is in Rosemont, Illinois.  The cord blood bank initially served the Chicago area, but has been expanding to cover more of Illinois and parts of Pennsylvania and Ohio.  The ITxM website gives a list of participating hospitals that collect donations.

As of Sept. 2010, these collection sites in Illinois work with ITxM:

1. Northwest Community Hospital, Arlington Heights, IL
2. Good Sheperd Hospital, Barrington, IL
3. MacNeal Hospital, Berwyn, IL   
4. Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL  
5. John Stroger of Cook County Hospital, Chicago, IL  
6. Mercy Hospital, Chicago, IL   
7. Mount Sinai Hospital, Chicago, IL   
8. Northwestern Memorial Hospital-Prentice, Chicago, IL   
9. Resurrection Medical Center, Chicago, IL    
10. Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL  
11. St. Anthony Hospital, Chicago, IL   
12. St. Joseph Hospital, Chicago, IL   
13. Swedish Covenant Hospital, Chicago, IL  
14. Trinity Hospital, Chicago, IL   
15. University of Chicago Hospital, Chicago, IL   
16. University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago, Chicago, IL    
17. West Suburban Hospital, Chicago, IL   
18. St. Mary's Hospital, Decatur, IL    
19. Good Samaritan Hospital, Downers Grove, IL    
20. Alexian Brothers Medical Center, Elk Grove Village, IL  
21. Elmhurst Memorial Hospital, Elmhurst, IL   
22. Northshore Univ. Health System- Evanston Hospital, Evanston, IL   
23. St. Francis Hospital, Evanston, IL
24. Little Company of Mary Hospital, Evergreen Park, IL 
25. Ingalls Hospital, Harvey, IL  
26. South Suburban Hospital, Hazelcrest, IL   
27. Nothshore Univ. Health Sys.- Highland Park Hosp., Highland Park, IL
    
28. Hinsdale Hospital, Hinsdale, IL   
29. Saint Alexius Medical Center, Hoffman Estates, IL  
30. LaGrange Hospital, LaGrange, IL 
31. Lake Forest Hospital, Lake Forest, IL    
32. Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL   
33. Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, Melrose Park, IL  
34. Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn, IL   
35. Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, IL   
36. St John's Hospital, Springfield, IL  
37. VISTA Victory Hospital, Waukegan, IL  

These additional collection sites outside Illinois work directly with ITxM:

1. West Penn Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
2. Hamot Medical Center, Erie, PA
3. Jameson Health Center, New Castle, PA
4. Sharon Regional Health System, Sharon, PA
5. St. Vincent Medical Center, Erie, PA
6. Trinity Health System, Steubenville, OH

HealthConnectOne provides education about cord blood donation at two of the Chicago locations: Mercy Hospital and Mt. Sinai Hospital.  HealthConnectOne is a non-profit organization that develops community-based programs to correct racial and socioeconomic disparities in perinatal outcomes.  Their cord blood demonstration project was funded by The Coleman Foundation.