Your milk will be prescribed to premature and critically ill babies. To provide the safest milk possible, we require all donor moms to complete a blood test to screen for harmful viruses. The Milk Bank covers the cost of the tests.

The Mothers’ Milk Bank at Austin has a contract with Clinical Pathology Labs and Quest Diagnostics. Please find the location that is most convenient for you. We also contract with local blood and tissue centers. The locations listed below are specific to the depot cities listed.

If you live outside of the areas listed and cannot find a lab we contract with, please call us to discuss additional options for completing your blood work.

Please bring the required requisition form we provide when you go to get your blood drawn!

AUSTIN
All locations of The Blood Center of Central Texas

HOUSTON
Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center, La Concha Facility (located very near the Woman’s Hospital). No appointment is necessary but you will need your donor ID#. The milk depot has a map to the facility, or you can view it here.
Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center
1400 La Concha, Houston, TX 77054
(713) 790-1200
Monday–Thursday 10 a.m.– 7 p.m., Friday and Saturday 8 a.m.–4 p.m.

SAN ANTONIO
South Texas Blood and Tissue Center
6211 IH-10 West at First Park Ten Blvd.
San Antonio, TX 78201
1 (800)292-5534 or (210)731-5555 ext. 1578
If Jose Garcia is out of the office, you may contact Maria Cantu at ext. 1226.
Please call ahead to schedule an appointment. Be sure to bring your donor ID# with you.

The lab will test your blood for:

• RPR (syphilis)
• HIV I & II
• HTLV I & II (Human T-Lymphotrophic Virus)
• Hepatitis B (HbsAg)
• Hepatitis C (HCV)