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STBTC Constructs Nucleic Acid Testing Lab

Published 12/12/2002

The South Texas Blood & Tissue Center (STBTC) will soon complete a 44,000-sf expansion that will include a nucleic acid testing laboratory enabling earlier detection of Hepatitis C and HIV. The testing process will provide over 80 hospitals and clinics with the highest quality of blood available. The $10-million expansion will increase STBTC's headquarters to 125,000-sf and will include expanded facilities for umbilical blood storage. Designed by Overland Partners and built by Bartlett Cocke General Contractors, the center is expected to reach completion in January 2003.