[Automation in the preparation of labile blood products].
The preparation of labile blood products in a blood bank is in permanent technological progress. Many operations, such as blood centrifugation, components separation, etc. are now performed by automated devices. A new generation of equipments is able to prepare blood products by reducing the number of manual operations. Therefore, buffy-coat platelet concentrate preparation and whole blood preparation can be prepared by these automated systems. Consequently, this directly impacts working conditions of employees, quality of blood products and process management.
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EFS Bretagne, 35016 Rennes, France. rene.tardivel@efs.sante.fr
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D001331:Automation; D001771:Blood Banks / Q000592:standards; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000166:cytology; D001793:Blood Preservation / Q000379:methods*; D002469:Cell Separation / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D011786:Quality Control; D000094902:Blood Banking / Q000379:methods*