title: Improvement of the safety systems in cell separators. The new safety concept for the cell separator AS 104 (Fresenius).
abstract: The new, extended safety requirements for cell separators call for a new generation of machines to address current safety needs. In order to ensure safe treatment, the complete safety concept is of decisive importance - this includes closed seal-less systems, continuous operation, fractions collected externally to the centrifuge, and pump tubings, connections and clamps which are color and direction coded. 'Human failure' as a cause of fault should be excluded for these highly technical appliances - for example, through the use of 'fail-safe' circuits, drip-controlled ACD flow by a separate adjustable pump, detection of damages to blood components by hemolysis control.
authors.affiliation: Fresenius AG, Bad Homburg, Werk St. Wendel, FRG.
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Neumann
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Meisberger
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mathieu
mesh_terms: D001781:Blood Component Removal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002469:Cell Separation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004868:Equipment Failure; D004869:Equipment Safety; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors