Organization
blood bank
blood bank
Definitions related to blood banks:
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An establishment that collects, tests, processes, and stores blood and its components intended for transfusion or for further manufacture into products used for biological therapies.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Centers for collecting, characterizing and storing blood or plasma.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Blood bank, organization that collects, stores, processes, and transfuses blood. During World War I it was demonstrated that stored blood could safely be used, allowing for the development of the first blood bank in 1932. Before the first blood banks came into operation, a physician determined the...Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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