A Blood Collection Centre is a cache or bank of blood or blood components, gathered as a result of blood donation or collection, stored and preserved for later use in blood transfusion. The term "blood bank" typically refers to a division 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.
As a public Blood Collection Centre, we collect voluntary donations from people at several Houston-area hospitals who have given consent. Our inventory is available to transplant facilities worldwide for patients who require steam cell transplantation. We did layout all blood collection supplies and necessary labels. Assemble needle or butterfly needle into Vacutainer holder being sure that it is firmly seated into threads. Loosely place Vacutainer tube into holder, but do not puncture top.