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Reminder: January Is National Blood Donor Month

Approximately every two seconds someone in America needs blood, but only a small percentage of eligible donors give blood – especially during the winter months. Start the new year off right by considering blood donation. With about an hour’s worth of your time, you can help others in your community and contribute to the local … more »

IT Synergistics Is First BECS Provider of Versiti’s “Find A Type Unit”

The rollout for the Find A Type Unit software solution from Versiti remains in progress. Blood Centers of America (BCA) is continuing to approach blood establishment computer software (BECS) vendors for the development of extraction programs that will transfer antigen negative units to the Find A Type Unit database. IT Synergistics has completed its data … more »

Press Release: IT Synergistics Releases New FDA-Compliant Bacterial Detection Process

BECS Software Update Includes Support for Bacterial Risk Control Strategies and “Find A Typed Unit” Antigen Search Recently, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) provided new bacterial detection testing guidelines for the blood collection industry. IT Synergistics has updated its blood establishment computer system (BECS) software to be fully compliant with the new recommendations for … more »