Blood Bag.

Total, there are three types of blood bag, namely single blood bag, double blood bag and triple blood bag.

Needle on the blood bag that used to puncture into blood donor's vein.

• Single Blood Bag"
• It is used to collect whole blood only.

  

  
  

• Double Blood Bag"
• Can be used to collect whole blood and further separated into packed cells and plasma.

  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
• Triple Blood Bag"
• The collected whole blood can be further divided into packed cells, platelets and plasma.

  

  
  





  








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The Potential of  Human Blood


• Whole Blood
  - From donation

  

  *Use plasma separator to divide the whole blood into packed cells,platelets and plasma.*

  
  
  
• Packed cell/ Red Blood cells
• Function: treat severe anemia by increase the amount of RBC in the patient.
• Storage: can be refrigerated for 42 days ( freeze for 10 years ) 

• Platelet concentrate. 
• Function: treat bleeding by increasing the platelet levels.
• Storage: 6 days in room temperature.

Placed on rotater to avoid agglutination takes place.

• Cryoprecipitate
• Function: treat fibrinogen deficiency
• Storage: 3 years in deep freezer.
  
  

• FFP ( Fresh Frozen Plasma )
• consists of all coagulation factors.
• Function: treat massive bleeding by correct the deficiency in coagulation factor.
• Storage: 3 years in deep freezer.

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Platelet Apheresis: Consists of 6 units of platelet concentrates from single donor.

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References:

1. http://ijtm.in/view_article.php?id=16
2. https://sites.google.com/site/vaaccs/home/vaaccs-blood-bank/blood-bags---what-do-i-need