Equipment and Technology for Collection of Whole Blood and Blood Components

Equipment and technology for the collection of whole blood and blood components must be in accordance with laws, procedures, legislation, guidelines, and regulations to ensure that the material and technology meet all the necessary and important demands for the safety and quality of procedures that are performed on a daily basis in healthcare services, including transfusion medicine. The established rules are governed by official establishments. In transfusion medicine, these rules are important to ensure that the blood is safe and correctly managed in the whole chain of professional procedures that are important for everyone involved. Transfusion medicine has a specific diversity of equipment and materials used in the professional field. From a historic and clinical point of view, transfusion medicine has always been developing. Transformation from glass bottles to plastic bags has made the separation of blood into blood components easier and safer; the manual collections were replaced by automatic machines that ensure the procedures to be safer, more productive, and faster, among other benefits. Also important is the information technology that is important and intertwined with the demands for staff, blood donors, and patients. It ensures that all areas of the chain in transfusion medicine are covered and traceable. It is important for all of the mentioned aspects to constantly develop to meet the anticipated demands.