Enumerate the equipment for blood component preparation.
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Electronic weighing machine -for weighing the bags accurately.
Refrigerated centrifuge -bucket handle typed of centrifuge to hold the collected bags with a provision for a wide range of temperature is preferred. The main unit is built on a sturdy metal frame resting on castors and enclosed by sheet metal, which has an electrical interlock. Rotor consists of 4 to 6 buckets.
Plasma expresser- to manually express the plasma
Cell separator -Cell separator is a instrument used into separate what ever components required for the patients. But in our blood bank we are using mainly for the whatever the large amount of components, platelets required.
Sterile connecting device-used to connect ends of two different segments in a sterile manner. Widely used for separation of small volumes of blood for pediatric transfusion, buffy coat pooling and lab side leukodepletion.