The blood bank comprises a cooled storage area (10) with a plurality of stationary storage racks (12). Further, it comprises a buffer storage (22), which holds a number of movable storage racks (23). A robot (50) is provided for moving blood products between the stationary storage racks (12) and the movable storage racks (23). A product access door (40) is arranged close to the buffer storage (22) for manual access to the blood products within the movable storage racks (23).