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Woman receiving blood donation, Sydney, Australia, 1940 Blood donation at the Royal Melbourne Hospital during the 1940s. In the U.S., certain standards are set for the collection and processing of each blood product. "Whole blood" (WB) is the proper name for one defined product, specifically unseparated venous blood with an approved ...
Blood transfusion is the process of transferring blood products into a person's circulation intravenously. [1] Transfusions are used for various medical conditions to replace lost components of the blood. Early transfusions used whole blood, but modern medical practice commonly uses only components of the blood, such as red blood cells, plasma ...
Autotransfusion is a process wherein a person receives their own blood for a transfusion, instead of banked allogenic (separate-donor) blood.There are two main kinds of autotransfusion: Blood can be autologously "pre-donated" (termed so despite "donation" not typically referring to giving to one's self) before a surgery, or alternatively, it can be collected during and after the surgery using ...
Intraoperative blood salvage (IOS), also known as cell salvage, is a specific type of autologous blood transfusion. Specifically IOS is a medical procedure involving recovering blood lost during surgery and re-infusing it into the patient. It is a major form of autotransfusion. It has been used for many years and gained greater attention over ...
[2] [3] Whole blood is made up of red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, and blood plasma. [3] It is best within a day of collection; however, can be used for up to three weeks. [3] [5] [7] The blood is typically combined with an anticoagulant and preservative during the collection process. [8]
America's Blood Centers (ABC), North America's largest network of non-profit community blood centers. [2] Most of the independent blood centers on this list are ABC members, and these account for approximately 60 percent of the U.S. blood supply. [3] Blood Centers of America (BCA), a national cooperative of independent blood centers. [4]
The blood donor center is the facility that collects blood components from screened blood donors, either whole blood or separate components such as plasma or platelets only via apheresis. These blood components are then transported to a central location for processing such as fractionation, testing and redistribution.
The automated red blood cell collection procedure for donating erythrocytes is referred to as 'Double Reds' or 'Double Red Cell Apheresis.' [9] Plateletpheresis (thrombapheresis, thrombocytapheresis) – blood platelets. Plateletpheresis is the collection of platelets by apheresis while returning the RBCs, WBCs, and component plasma.