Blood processing
Blood processing
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10.1111/j.1751-2824.2008.00195.x
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2008-01-01
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Hardwick, J.
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Hardwick, J.
A unit of whole blood collected from a donor is a precious asset. Gone are the days when the blood collected was simply stored, and then transfused to a patient as whole blood. A donation of blood should be seen as a bag containing all the different constituents of whole blood–red cells, white cells, platelets, and plasma with plasma proteins such as clotting factors and protective antibodies. In modern transfusion medicine the aim is to transfuse the patient with only the component required. For example, if a patient is deficient in red cells only, then why transfuse the other components that are not required? They could be better utilized for patients who lack those specific components. Whole blood may be processed into various components. Each component can then be stored under ideal storage conditions (ie temperature and movement) to ensure that the product is most effective when it is used. Special preservative solutions and blood bags are used to lengthen the expiry time and improve product quality.‘Component therapy’also maximizes the use of one donation. The products from a single donation can benefit multiple patients. In this way the best use is made of a scarce resource as well as conforming to sound economic principles. This section will cover very broadly, the processing of blood into components.