Equipment in the Component Manufacturing Laboratory Flashcards
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very crucial (speed and duration), can spin 6 to 12 units
Centrifuge
typically either large floor units or large table top units that can spin a maximum of 6 to 12 units of whole blood at once.
Centrifuge
Purpose of centrifuge:
Separate red blood cells from plasma and other components
Centrifugation depends on the following conditions:
- Length/duration
- Speed
Recommended Centrifuge Conditions
AABB
- Red blood cells + plasma
- Soft spin
5000 x g = 5 minutes
Red blood cells + PRP
2000 x g = 3 minutes
- Harvesting platelets or cryoprecipitate from plasma
- Hard spin
5000 x g = 7 minutes
platelets that are not entirely removed from the plasma
PRP
Methods of Centrifugation
- Intermittent Flow Centrifugation (IFC)
- Continuous Flow Centrifugation (CFC)
- Blood is processed in BATCHES or CYCLES, hence the term intermittent
- Whole blood is drawn from an individual with the ASSISTANCE of a PUMP
Intermittent Flow Centrifugation (IFC)
In IFC, To keep the blood from clotting, an ___ is mixed with the ____ as it is pumped into a centrifuge _____ through the inlet port
anticoagulant
blood
bowl or chamber
- the processes of blood withdrawal, processing, and reinfusion are performed SIMULTANEOUSLY in an ongoing manner
- COMPLETE a cycle before beginning the next one
Continuous Flow Centrifugation (CFC)
In CFC, blood is DRAWN and RETURNED continuously during a procedure, ____ venipuncture sites are necessary
two
Plasma products that are REMOVED/SEPARATED from the red blood cell
Plasma Expressors
Mechanical devices that apply PRESSURE to the blood bag, which allows blood components to FLOW from ONE BAG TO ANOTHER by way of the INTEGRATED tubing system
Plasma Expressors
____ help prepare a component for another therapy indications
Expressors
The tubing that connects blood bags is usually made of polyvinyl chloride (PVC)
Tubing Sealers
reliable component of hospital equipment, resistant from damages such as high temp etc
polyvinyl chloride or PVC
Allow TWO SEPARATE blood bags to be CONNECTED via their PVC tubing WITHOUT breaching the integrity of either container.
Sterile Connection Devices
In Sterile Connection Devices, each piece of tubing is placed in a ____ and ____
channel
clamped
Blood component ____ should be carefully SELECTED and VALIDATED to ensure that they are capable of MAINTANING the FDA-regulated storage temperatures
storage devices
In Storage devices, Temperatures must be ____ monitored, recorded at least every ____, and the device should ____ the user if an unacceptable temperature condition occurs.
continuously
4 hours
alert
Usually, hospitals are using TRIPLE bags depending on the component that will be produced. In earlier times, the BOTTLE is used for the storage of blood
Quadruple bag