HEALTH CARE      Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services [N02]      Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services           Health Facilities [N02.278]           Health Facilities                Academic Medical Centers [N02.278.020] +                Academic Medical Centers +                Ambulatory Care Facilities [N02.278.035] +                Ambulatory Care Facilities +                Bed Occupancy [N02.278.050]                Bed Occupancy                Biological Specimen Banks [N02.278.065] +                Biological Specimen Banks +                     Blood Banks [N02.278.065.200]                     Blood Banks                     Milk Banks [N02.278.065.600]                     Milk Banks                     Seed Bank [N02.278.065.650]                     Seed Bank                     Sperm Banks [N02.278.065.700]                     Sperm Banks                     Tissue Banks [N02.278.065.900] +                     Tissue Banks +                Birthing Centers [N02.278.080]                Birthing Centers                Dental Facilities [N02.278.192] +                Dental Facilities +                Facility Design and Construction [N02.278.200] +                Facility Design and Construction +                Fertility Clinics [N02.278.204]                Fertility Clinics                Fitness Centers [N02.278.207]                Fitness Centers                Health Facilities, Proprietary [N02.278.215] +                Health Facilities, Proprietary +                Health Facility Administration [N02.278.216] +                Health Facility Administration +                Health Facility Closure [N02.278.218]                Health Facility Closure                Health Facility Environment [N02.278.220] +                Health Facility Environment +                Health Facility Merger [N02.278.235]                Health Facility Merger                Health Facility Moving [N02.278.255]                Health Facility Moving                Health Facility Size [N02.278.306] +                Health Facility Size +                Health Resorts [N02.278.330]                Health Resorts                Hospital Units [N02.278.388] +                Hospital Units +                Hospitals [N02.278.421] +                Hospitals +                Laboratories [N02.278.487] +                Laboratories +                Leper Colonies [N02.278.524]                Leper Colonies                Medical Office Buildings [N02.278.562]                Medical Office Buildings                Morgue [N02.278.590]                Morgue                Nurseries, Infant [N02.278.617]                Nurseries, Infant                Pharmacies [N02.278.678]                Pharmacies                Physicians' Offices [N02.278.692]                Physicians' Offices                Poison Control Centers [N02.278.726]                Poison Control Centers                Rehabilitation Centers [N02.278.808] +                Rehabilitation Centers +                Residential Facilities [N02.278.825] +                Residential Facilities +                Student Run Clinic [N02.278.912]                Student Run Clinic HEALTH SURVEILLANCE      Health Surveillance of Health Services [VS3]      Health Surveillance of Health Services           Health Facilities [VS3.002]           Health Facilities                Hospitals [VS3.002.001] +                Hospitals +                Biological Specimen Banks [VS3.002.002] +                Biological Specimen Banks +                     Blood Banks [VS3.002.002.001]                     Blood Banks                     Eye Banks [VS3.002.002.002]                     Eye Banks                     Sperm Banks [VS3.002.002.003]                     Sperm Banks                     Milk Banks [VS3.002.002.004]                     Milk Banks                     Bone Banks [VS3.002.002.005]                     Bone Banks                     Tissue Banks [VS3.002.002.006]                     Tissue Banks                Birthing Centers [VS3.002.003]                Birthing Centers                Laboratories [VS3.002.004] +                Laboratories +                Ambulatory Care Facilities [VS3.002.005] +                Ambulatory Care Facilities +                Poison Control Centers [VS3.002.006]                Poison Control Centers                Pharmacies [VS3.002.007] +                Pharmacies +                Physicians' Offices [VS3.002.008]                Physicians' Offices                Rehabilitation Centers [VS3.002.009] +                Rehabilitation Centers +                Residential Facilities [VS3.002.010] +                Residential Facilities +                Trauma Centers [VS3.002.011]                Trauma Centers                Dental Facilities [VS3.002.012] +                Dental Facilities +                Health Facilities, Proprietary [VS3.002.013] +                Health Facilities, Proprietary +

Biological Specimen Banks - Preferred

Concept UI	M0027260
Scope note	Facilities that collect, store, and distribute tissues, e.g., cell lines, microorganisms, blood, sperm, milk, breast tissue, for use by others. Other uses may include transplantation and comparison of diseased tissues in the identification of cancer.
Preferred term	Biological Specimen Banks
Entry term(s)	Bank, Biological Specimen Bank, Biological Substance Banks, Biological Specimen Banks, Biological Substance Biological Specimen Bank Biological Substance Bank Biological Substance Banks Specimen Bank, Biological Specimen Banks, Biological Substance Bank, Biological Substance Banks, Biological