Community Blood Services
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Community Blood Services is a blood bank
that collects blood donation
s, and offers cord blood
banking and bone marrow
registration and donations. Founded in 1953, Community Blood Services is a not-for-profit organization located in Paramus, New Jersey
and is devoted to serving the community’s transfusion medicine needs.
Community Blood Services provides blood and blood products to 37 hospitals and medical centers in Bergen, Passaic, Morris, Essex and Hudson counties in New Jersey, as well as in New York City and Rockland and Orange counties in New York. Community Blood Services is a member of the American Association of Blood Banks and America's Blood Centers
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Blood bank
A blood bank is a cache or bank of blood or blood components, 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 laboratory where the storage of blood product occurs and where proper...
that collects blood donation
Blood donation
A blood donation occurs when a person voluntarily has blood drawn and used for transfusions or made into medications by a process called fractionation....
s, and offers cord blood
Cord blood
Umbilical cord blood is blood that remains in the placenta and in the attached umbilical cord after childbirth. Cord blood is collected because it contains stem cells which can be used to treat hematopoietic and genetic disorders.-Collection:...
banking and bone marrow
Bone marrow
Bone marrow is the flexible tissue found in the interior of bones. In humans, bone marrow in large bones produces new blood cells. On average, bone marrow constitutes 4% of the total body mass of humans; in adults weighing 65 kg , bone marrow accounts for approximately 2.6 kg...
registration and donations. Founded in 1953, Community Blood Services is a not-for-profit organization located in Paramus, New Jersey
Paramus, New Jersey
Paramus is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 26,342. A suburb of New York City, Paramus is located between 15–20 miles northwest of Midtown Manhattan and approximately west of Upper Manhattan.Paramus is one of...
and is devoted to serving the community’s transfusion medicine needs.
Community Blood Services provides blood and blood products to 37 hospitals and medical centers in Bergen, Passaic, Morris, Essex and Hudson counties in New Jersey, as well as in New York City and Rockland and Orange counties in New York. Community Blood Services is a member of the American Association of Blood Banks and America's Blood Centers
America's Blood Centers
America’s Blood Centers is North America’s largest network of non-profit blood centers. Made up of 600 donor centers in 45 states and Quebec, America’s Blood Centers’ members collect more than 8 million units of whole blood, nearly half of the U.S. and Quebec, Canada volunteer donor blood supply...
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