Blood bank
（重定向自Blood preservation）
![Luis Agote (second from right) overseeing one of the first safe and effective blood transfusions in 1914](/Images/godic/202501/01/Agote_1a_transfusión3644.jpg")
![World War II Russian syringe for direct inter-human blood transfusion](/Images/godic/202501/01/Direct-blood-transfusion3644.jpg")
![Alexander Bogdanov established a scientific institute to research the effects of blood transfusion in Moscow, 1925.](/Images/godic/202501/01/A_A_Bogdanov3644.jpg")
![British poster encouraging people to donate blood for the war effort](/Images/godic/202501/01/Blood_transfusion_ww2_poster3644.jpg")
A blood bank is a center where blood gathered as a result of blood donation, stored and preserved for later use in blood transfusion. The term "blood bank" typically refers to a division of a hospital where the storage of blood product occurs and where proper testing is performed (to reduce the risk of transfusion related adverse events). However, it sometimes refers to a collection center, and indeed some hospitals also perform collection.