Centro Regional de Hemoterapia Mendoza

What Centro Regional de Hemoterapia Mendoza does

The Centro Regional de Hemoterapia Mendoza (CRH Mendoza) is a public healthcare institution operated by the provincial Ministry of Health of Mendoza, Argentina, specializing in the collection, testing, processing, and distribution of blood components for the Mendoza provincial public health system. Headquartered at Garibaldi y Montecaseros in Ciudad de Mendoza, the center serves as the centralized hub of a regionalized blood services network in which CRH performs fractionation and quality testing, while hospital hemotherapy services function as collection nodes throughout the province. The organization positions itself as a model blood donation center for western Argentina, applying international best practices.

CRH Mendoza operates automated and computerized laboratory platforms covering immunohematological analysis, serological screening, and molecular biology analysis via Nucleic Acid Testing (NAT), which the institution describes as the second most important pillar of transfusion safety after donor selection. Each whole blood unit is fractionated into red blood cells, platelets, cryoprecipitates, and plasma. In 2016, the center reported receiving 17,524 units of whole blood for fractionation. The center is connected in real time with the entire network of provincial public hemotherapy services, enabling full traceability of blood components. Distribution to public hospitals is the primary customer-facing output, while donor acquisition occurs through a fixed-site walk-in model at the headquarters and an external mobile collection campaign model (colectas externas) organized at partner organizations.

As a government entity under the Ministerio de Salud, Desarrollo Social y Deportes of Mendoza, CRH is funded through the provincial public health budget and does not generate commercial revenue. Services are provided at no direct cost to patients within the public system. The institution maintains a structured community outreach program ("amigos de la donación") involving Rotary Club, Lions Club, Pampa Energía, Fundación Andesmar, two universities, multiple municipalities, and other organizations that promote voluntary habitual donation and host mobile collection events. The director is Dr. Pedro Ruiz, and the institution operates with a lean staff of 14 employees.

Name

Centro Regional de Hemoterapia Mendoza

Legal name

Centro Regional de Hemoterapia

Website

https://crhmendoza.com.ar

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Centro Regional de Hemoterapia Mendoza is a public, government-run blood center under the Mendoza provincial Ministry of Health that collects, tests, fractionates, and distributes blood components to all public hospitals across Mendoza province.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Blood Banking Services

NAICS

Blood and Organ Banks (621991), Medical Laboratories (621511)

SIC

Services-Medical Laboratories (8071)

akta.pro primary industry

Transfusion Medicine & Immunohematology (Blood Bank) (HLAFAMAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Hematology & Coagulation Laboratories (HLAFAMAC)

Keywords

• Blood banking services
• Hemocomponent processing
• Voluntary blood donation
• Immunohematology testing
• Transfusion medicine

Headquarters

HQ city

Ciudad de Mendoza

HQ country

Argentina

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Public Health Services: As a public healthcare institution under the Ministry of Health of Mendoza, CRH provides blood banking services to the provincial public health system. The center centralizes processing of all blood units from the public sector and distributes hemocomponents to public hospitals throughout the province.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Centro Regional de Hemoterapia is a specialized public healthcare institution that centralizes the collection, testing, fractionation, and distribution of blood components for the public health system of Mendoza province. It operates a regionalized model with the main center in Ciudad de Mendoza and hospital-based extraction nodes, processing whole blood units into red blood cells, platelets, plasma, and cryoprecipitates using automated immunohematological, serological, and NAT molecular biology platforms.

Product overview

The Centro Regional de Hemoterapia is a specialized healthcare institution that provides blood donation services and hemocomponent processing. The organization operates a single integrated service offering that includes: donor recruitment and blood collection (both at their fixed location and through external mobile collection campaigns), blood testing (immunohematological, serological, and molecular biology/NAT analysis), and hemocomponent production (fractionation into red blood cells, platelets, plasma, and cryoprecipitates). Their operational model is a regionalized coverage system with the CRH as the central hub and hospital hemotherapy services as collection nodes throughout the province of Mendoza. All services are provided to the public healthcare sector with no product modules or separate branded offerings identified.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Voluntary Blood Donation Collection

Quantifiable outcome

• Blood donations from voluntary habitual donors are scientifically proven to be the safest source for transfusion, as these donors are conscious of safe practices regarding blood-transmitted diseases.
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• La Iglesia de Jesucristo de los Santos de los Últimos DíascoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 June 2022The Church donated materials to CRH including six articulated extraction chairs for the hemodonation room, twelve portable folding chairs for external collections, six folding carts for material transport, six large coolers for blood and refreshment transport, six small coolers for sample loading, and eight stackable plastic boxes for external collection materials. The donation was made on World Blood Donor Day at the CRH headquarters.
• Club de Leones (Lions Club)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerListed as an organization friend of blood donation, participating in promoting voluntary blood donation through community outreach programs.
• Fundación de Todo CorazónminorGTM or Marketing PartnerListed as a partner organization supporting blood donation campaigns and awareness activities.
• Hagamos Algo por los Chicos con LeucemiaminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSocial organization collaborating with blood donation promotion and hosting collection events.
• Pampa EnergíaminorGTM or Marketing PartnerEnergy company participating in the 'amigos de la donación' network supporting blood donation initiatives.
• Fundación AndesmarminorGTM or Marketing PartnerTransportation company foundation supporting blood donation campaigns through corporate social responsibility programs.
• Rotary Club AmanecerminorGTM or Marketing PartnerService club with which donor Lidia Robledo is affiliated, supporting voluntary blood donation.
• Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (UNCUYO)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerMajor public university hosting blood collection campaigns at its medical school and various faculties.
• Universidad de MendozaminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPrivate university participating in blood donation promotion and hosting collection events.
• Gobierno de MendozaminorGTM or Marketing PartnerProvincial government represented by municipalities (Godoy Cruz, Las Heras, Luján de Cuyo, Maipú, Ciudad de Mendoza, Guaymallén) participating in blood donation promotion and hosting campaigns.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Regional players

• Vitalant: One of the largest nonprofit blood collection organizations in the United States, operating a regionalized network of blood centers similar in concept to CRH's hub-and-node model. Provides a benchmark for scale, network management, and donor-program sophistication.
• American Red Cross Blood Services: U.S. nonprofit blood collection and processing organization operating a national network of blood centers. Conceptually comparable to CRH's regionalized model, though vastly larger and operating in a different regulatory and reimbursement environment.
• Fundação Pró-Sangue (Hemocentro de São Paulo): Brazil's largest public blood center operated by the São Paulo State Health Department. Operates a near-identical public-sector blood bank model with voluntary donors, NAT testing, and centralized processing — a useful regional reference for CRH's service design and scale.
• NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT): UK national blood and transplant service operating as a single public entity for blood collection, testing, and supply. Comparable to CRH in mandate and centralized processing model, but operating at national scale with significantly greater funding and infrastructure.
• Canadian Blood Services: Canada's national, publicly-funded blood operator responsible for collection, testing, and supply across provinces. Shares CRH's public-mandate model and emphasis on voluntary donors, but operates at a national scale with significantly higher funding and scope.

Direct peers

• Hemocentro Buenos Aires: Buenos Aires-based blood bank providing voluntary donor recruitment, blood collection, and hemocomponent processing. Operates a very similar model to CRH — voluntary habitual donors, component fractionation, and supply to public hospitals — making it the most direct comparable peer in Argentina.

Broad incumbents

• Hospital de Clínicas José de San Martín - Servicio de Hemoterapia: University hospital affiliated with the University of Buenos Aires operating a high-volume blood bank. Comparable to CRH in academic-grade transfusion medicine standards and immunohematology testing, though anchored in a single teaching hospital rather than a regional hub.
• Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires - Servicio de Hemoterapia: Large private hospital network in Buenos Aires operating a substantial blood bank and transfusion medicine service. Comparable to CRH in delivering immunohematology, serology, and hemocomponent production, but primarily serving a private-hospital ecosystem rather than a regionalized public mandate.
• Hospital de Pediatría Garrahan - Servicio de Hemoterapia: One of the largest pediatric hospitals in Argentina with a major hemotherapy/blood bank service. Comparable to CRH as a public-sector blood bank provider operating with high-volume immunohematology and apheresis services, though embedded within a hospital rather than a standalone regional center.

Emerging players

• Red de Medicina Transfusional (Argentina): National network coordinated by the Argentine Ministry of Health that defines and supervises blood-banking standards across provinces. CRH operates as a node within this federal architecture and is benchmarked against its protocols, making the network a structural counterparty and standard-setter.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/CentroRegionaldeHemoterapiaMendoza
• Instagraminstagram.com/crhmendoza
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/centro-regional-de-hemoterapia-mendoza

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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