This document discusses quality control in blood component preparation. It describes the different types of blood bags used to separate blood into components like red blood cells, plasma, and platelets. It explains the centrifugation process and parameters for various blood products. Quality assurance parameters are provided for whole blood, packed red cells, fresh frozen plasma, platelet concentrates, cryoprecipitate, and leukocyte-reduced red blood cells. The importance of component separation and uses of specific blood products are also summarized.
3. Blood components
Importance of component separation
Separation of blood into component allows optimal
survival of each constituents
Component separation allows transfusion of only specific
desired component to the patient
Transfusion of only the specific constituent of the blood
avoids the use of unnecessary component
By using blood components several patient can be treated
with the blood from one donor
8. Action of ingredients of anticoagulant solution.
Citrate
Prevents coagulation by
chelating calcium
Sodium di-
phospate
Prevents fall in pH
Dextrose
Supports ATP generation
by glycolytic pathways
Adenine
, extends the shelf life of
RBC to 35 days.
13. Whole blood remains a choice for
major trauma, for rapid GIB
(gastrointestinal bleeding), and for
other clinical situations that
benefit from simultaneous
administration of red cells, volume
replacement, and coagulation
factors
Sever burns
14. Product Quality Assurance Parameters
WHOLE BLOOD
Volume : 450 + 50 ml
• Transportation :
- Temperature :
- Time 12 hrs at the maximum
15. 2- Packed Red Cells
Also called Red Cells Concentrate
Platelets and plasma are removed
Contents
– RBC’s
– 20% Plasma
Storage:
16. Product Quality Assurance Parameters
Packed Red Cells
Volume : 280 + 50 ml
Hematocrit : 65 – 75 %
Sampling Frequency : 1% of collection
Confirmation specificity : ≥75%
• Transportation :
- Temperature :
- Time 12 hrs at the maximum
17. Indication
• Severe anaemia
• Aplastic anemia
• Sickle cell anemia
• Thalassemia major
Indications in surgery
• Organ transplantation
• Cardiac surgery
• Other surgeries.
18. PRBC
Dose of blood transfusion =10ml/kg
Cardiac failure = 3-5ml/kg
Rate of Blood Transfusion = 3ml/kg/hr
Transfusion temperature: room Temperature
19. Washed red cells
• It’s convenient but expensive.
• Washed RBCs are free of almost all traces of plasma,
most WBCs, and platelets.
• They are generally given to patients who have severe
reactions to plasma
20. Product Quality Assurance Parameters
Washed Packed Red cells :
Volume : 280 + 60 ml
Hematocrit : 65 – 75 %
Residual protein g/unit: < 0.5
Sampling Frequency/month : 10 or all components if
Confirmation specificity : ≥75%
Transportation :
- Temperature :
- Time 12 hrs at the maximum
21. Leukocyte-poor red cells :
• Can be prepared by several techniques:
– Double centrifuge
– Heavy spin.
– Filtration: passing the blood through
a nylon filter which is an efficient
method for removal of granulocytes.
Heparin is the anticoagulant used for
this procedure. (WBC-depleted RBCs)
22. Product Quality Assurance Parameters
Leucodepleted RBCs :
WBCs count /unit : < 5× 10⁶
Hematocrit : 50 – 70 %
Sampling Frequency : 1%
Confirmation specificity : ≥75%
Storage :
- Closed system : 35 days
- Open system : 6 hrs
23. Fresh frozen plasma (FFP)
Definition:
Plasma separated from freshly drawn whole
hrs of blood collection .
Technical Information:
Separation of plasma should be effected within 6
hrs of blood collection and before the red cells is cooled to
25. Product Quality Assurance
Fresh Frozen Plasma :
Donor unit must not be refrigerated prior to
component preparation
FFP once thawed must not be refrozen
Transportation
Every effort must be made to ensure that the
prescribed core temperature is maintained
through out the transit period.
26. Product Quality Assurance Parameters
Volume: ≥ 150 ml
• Platelets 30 × 10³/ul
• Factor VIII 70 iu –
100iu/unit
Sampling Frequency : 1%
Confirmation specificity : ≥75%
27. Platelet concentrate
• Preparation:
– Platelet-rich plasma is separated by light spin from
erythrocyte.
– Platelet conc. is then obtained by a heavy spin of
platelet rich plasma.
–
– Separation should be done within 4h After the
blood is drawn.
28. Product Quality Assurance Parameters
Platelets rich plasma
Platelets concentrate
Apheresis platelets
Storage pH : 6.8± 0.4
Storage Temperature :
Storage duration :
- Closed system : 5 days
- Open system : 6 hrs
30. Product Quality Assurance Parameters
• Must be prepared prior to storage of the
collected unit or within 8 hrs of its storage in the
refrigerator.
• Platelets Storage cabinet which are thermo
statistically controlled and have an agitator
• Infusion duration should not be > 30 minutes
31. Platelet concentrate
Platelet concentrates are increasingly being prepared by
automated devices that harvest the platelets (or other
cells) and return unneeded components (eg, RBCs,
plasma) to the donor.
This procedure, called cytopheresis, provides enough
platelets from a single donation (equivalent to 10
random platelet units) for transfusion to an adult, which,
because it minimizes infectious and immunogenic risks,
is preferred to multiple donor transfusions in certain
conditions.
34. – Factors VIII and XIII, Fibrinogen and von
Willebrand factor (vWF)v.
– It also contains fibronectin
Indications
– Hemophilia A
– Fibrinogen deficiency
– Factor XIII deficiency
• Disseminated intravascular coagulation
36. 7- Cryo-precipitated
Preparation:
• Cryoprecipitate is a concentrate prepared from
FFP, it should be frozen within 4h and stored at
• A bag of cryoprecipitate should be contain on
the average about ≥ 80 units of AHF/unit and
Fibrinogen ≥ 150mg.
•
37. Product Quality Assurance Parameters
• Cryo-precipitated
• Technical information:
- Cryoprecipitate if thawed but not used
period of 4 hrs. If still not used, the unit should be
discarded it must not be refrozen.
- Maximum storage period:
38. Cryo-precipitated
• Transportation:
- Every effort must be made to maintain the
core temperature of the cryoprecipitate at the
- If the unit thaws in transit, it must be
transfused immediately. It should neither be
stored nor should be refrozen.
- It is best to discard cryoprecipitate thawed in
transit rather then trying to preserve it.
Editor's Notes
The separation of blood into components means that patients can be treated with the specific fraction of blood that they lack. This reduces the chances of adverse reactions to unnecessary administration of blood constituents and ensures that more than one patient can be treated using blood from one donor.