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General Blood was an FDA-registered and AABB accredited distributor of human blood, platelets, and plasma for hospitals, non-transfusion facilities, and group-purchasing organizations.[1][2][3][4] General Blood's process was designed to balance excesses and shortages of blood by improving supply chain efficiencies and logistical models within the blood distribution industry.[1][3][5] The company is now defunct.
General Blood was founded by David Mitchell and Ben Bowman,[1][3][5] who both received MBA’s from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota.[1][3][5] Bowman began researching the blood distribution industry in 2007 while still enrolled in the MBA program.[2] General Blood LLC was created in 2010 and is headquartered in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota on the Mississippi River.[3] Ben Bowman is Chief Executive Officer at General Blood, and David Mitchell is the Executive Vice President.[6] In 2013, General Blood was an exhibitor for the Clinical Laboratory Management Association.[7] In 2012, General Blood was a Minnesota Cup Semi-Finalist in the Bio-Science and Health IT Division.[8]
