Question

Enumerate the equipment for blood component preparation.

Answer 1

• Electronic weighing machine -for weighing the bags accurately.
• Refrigerated centrifuge -bucket handle typed of centrifuge to hold the collected bags with a provision for a wide range of temperature is preferred. The main unit is built on a sturdy metal frame resting on castors and enclosed by sheet metal, which has an electrical interlock. Rotor consists of 4 to 6 buckets.
• Plasma expresser- to manually express the plasma
• Cell separator -Cell separator is a instrument used into separate what ever components required for the patients. But in our blood bank we are using mainly for the whatever the large amount of components, platelets required.
• Sterile connecting device-used to connect ends of two different segments in a sterile manner. Widely used for separation of small volumes of blood for pediatric transfusion, buffy coat pooling and lab side leukodepletion.