General

HemaCare operates in two primary business segments. The first is the blood products segment which supplies hospitals and health research related organizations with red blood cells, apheresis platelets, and other blood products. The Company operates and manages donor centers and mobile donor vehicles to collect blood products from donors, and purchases blood products from other suppliers. Additionally, the Company operates a blood services segment, wherein the Company performs therapeutic apheresis procedures, stem cell collection and other blood treatments to patients with a variety of disorders. Blood services are usually provided under contract with hospitals as an outside purchased service.........