The Community Blood Bank, founded by the Lancaster County Medical Society, is a nonprofit charitable organization. Its mission is to collect, test and distribute quality blood products to hospitals and regional medical centers in southeast Nebraska and to others in need. As a member of Americas Blood Centers, the organization distributes a portion of the blood supplied to more than half of the nations 6,000 hospitals. The Community Blood Bank is licensed by the Food and Drug Administration and accredited by the AABB, formerly the American Association of Blood Banks. Its laboratory holds national accreditation through the Health Care Financing Administration. The organization maintains several locations throughout Lincoln, Neb., including a mobile blood drive unit.