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Article: blood bank
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- The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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blood bank site or mobile unit for collecting, processing, typing, and storing whole
blood
, blood plasma and other blood constituents. Most hospitals maintain their own blood reserves, and the American Red Cross provides a nationwide collection and distribution service. The Red Cross collects about 50% of the blood for the nation's blood banks. The
Food and Drug Administration
licenses blood banks.
Whole blood may be preserved for up to 21 days without losing its usefulness in
blood transfusions
; an anticoagulant is added to prevent clotting. Blood plasma, the fluid portion of the blood, may be frozen and/or dried and stored indefinitely. Blood and donors are screened for
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Article: `Recycling' life; UMass Memorial revives cord blood ...
Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA);
January 22, 2007 ;
700+ words
... ... collect, process and store cord blood cells. Almost two years ... too high. The American Red Cross took over the project ... organization pull out in 2003. Cord blood cells among the 1,800 ... Worcester remain in national Red Cross repositories in Oregon ...
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