HAMPTON ROADS, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Virginia-based Sentara Health has partnered with The Blood Connection as its primary supplier of blood and blood products for 12 hospitals in Virginia and North Carolina. Sentara began using The Blood Connection, a non-profit community blood center, as a secondary supplier in August and the relationship has been rapidly expanding. Sentara made The Blood Connection its primary blood supplier on November 1st. “The need for reliable and safe blood products drov