How to Use blood bank in a Sentence

blood bank

noun
  • The blood bank has promised to buy cookies from local troops that organize blood drives this winter.
    — Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Each morning at dawn, young people gather at blood bank trucks to donate blood for soldiers at the front.
    — Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025
  • There has to be a better way, thought the grad student — and the thought became a nonprofit, like a blood bank for stool.
    — Eric Boodman, STAT, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Whole blood is collected from donors at a blood bank and can be stored in a refrigerator for up to 35 days.
    — Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2025
  • The nation's very first blood bank was at the old Cook County Hospital.
    — Marie Saavedra, CBS News, 2 May 2026
  • During the winter storm, the blood bank's donation centers were closed for two days, but re-opened Tuesday.
    — Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The 32-year-old's mom worked as a medical laboratory scientist at a blood bank for decades before retiring.
    — Gili Malinsky zachary Green, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The blood bank particularly needs donors with O blood types, especially O negative.
    — Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 2 Mar. 2026
  • There are six operating rooms, including four main and two emergency rooms; four dental operating rooms; x-ray rooms; a blood bank; and patient wards with sixty-four patient beds.
    — Peter Suciu, Forbes.com, 4 Jan. 2026
  • There are six operating rooms, including four main and two emergency rooms; four dental operating rooms; x-ray rooms; a blood bank; and patient wards with sixty-four patient beds.
    — Peter Suciu, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • Generally, blood bank technicians have had to work on decanting these layers one unit at a time in order to produce the distinct products that are routinely used to treat everything from severe blood loss to cancer.
    — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Denver Health's blood bank administers about 500 units of red blood cells every month, along with about 100 units of fresh frozen plasma, which contains clotting factors.
    — Tori Mason, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Yes, and this study was motivated again by increasing reports from our blood bank that people were calling and requesting blood from donors who specifically did not receive the Covid-19 vaccination.
    — Torie Bosch, STAT, 1 June 2026
  • Shortly after, the agency cracked down on OpenBiome, a nonprofit that acts like a blood bank for stool, ending a longstanding practice of choosing not to enforce certain regulatory requirements.
    — Jonathan Wosen, STAT, 23 Mar. 2026
  • From a 48-bed ward and adjacent blood bank and pharmacy, through a groundbreaking in 2021, to a 166-bed center of excellence delivering its first baby on opening day.
    — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 17 Feb. 2026
  • His measure proposes that the State Department of Health open a blood bank that receives and stores blood from people who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19.
    — Emma Murphy, Oklahoma Voice, 21 Jan. 2026
  • In lieu of flowers, the family encourages donations to the NMDP Fund, Atlantic Theater Company or a local blood bank to honor Jason’s life.
    — Tom Tapp, Deadline, 19 Feb. 2026
  • The migrants and the poor were treated inside the two-block-long structure nicknamed Chicago’s Ellis Island, which also was the site of the first blood bank in the United States, founded by immigrant Hungarian doctor Bernard Fantus.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026
  • The migrants and the poor were treated inside the two-block-long structure nicknamed Chicago’s Ellis Island, which also was the site of the first blood bank in the United States, founded by immigrant Hungarian doctor Bernard Fantus.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026

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