Community Blood Services of Illinois is a blood center

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...

 located in Urbana, Illinois

Urbana, Illinois

Urbana is the county seat of Champaign County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 41,250. Urbana is the tenth-most populous city in Illinois outside of the Chicago metropolitan area....

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Community Blood Services of Illinois (CBSI) has served as the link between blood donors and patients in east central Illinois for over 25 years. Community Blood Services of Illinois is licensed and regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Food and Drug Administration

The Food and Drug Administration is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, one of the United States federal executive departments...

 and holds membership in 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...

, the American Association of Blood Banks and participate in the National Marrow Donor Program

National Marrow Donor Program

National Marrow Donor Program® Be The Match is the global leader in providing marrow and umbilical cord blood transplants to patients with leukemia, lymphoma and other diseases. The nonprofit organization matches patients with donors, educates health care professionals and conducts research so more...

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