Clinical Blood Banking
Collection, typing, storage, matching, and controlled transfusion of blood for surgery, trauma, childbirth, and hospital care.
Core metadata
- ID: clinical_blood_banking
- Era: Industrial
- First known date: 1937 (exact)
- Region: Chicago, United States / Cook County Hospital
- Review status: source_checked
- Maturity: N/A
Prerequisites
- Blood Typing (blood_typing)
- Laboratory Diagnostic Medicine (laboratory_diagnostic_medicine)
- Mechanical Refrigeration (refrigeration)
Dependents
- None.
Fields
- None.
Node sources
- Transfusion Medicine History (Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies, 2026, official_agency) • Supports: node
Locator: AABB timeline states that in 1937 Bernard Fantus established the first hospital blood bank in the United States at Cook County Hospital and originated the term blood bank.
Prerequisite edge evidence
Edge/source evidence summary:
- Prerequisite edges: 3
- Average edge confidence: 68%
- Prerequisite sources: 0
- expert_inference: 3
| Prerequisite | Type | Confidence | Evidence level | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blood Typing (blood_typing) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Blood Typing provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. | No sources recorded. |
| Laboratory Diagnostic Medicine (laboratory_diagnostic_medicine) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Laboratory Diagnostic Medicine provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. | No sources recorded. |
| Mechanical Refrigeration (refrigeration) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Mechanical Refrigeration provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. | No sources recorded. |
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