"Multicomponent Collection (MCC) With the Latest Hemapheresis Apparatuses."

According to the authors' abstract of an article published in International Journal of Artificial Organs, "Background: Collection of multiple products including plasma, packed red blood cells (PBRC), and double units of platelets, is increasingly improving donor utilisation and decreasing blood transfusion costs. Total apheresis is the new trend in blood banking and both industry and physicians are progressively expanding their involvement in this field. During 1998, at our hemapheresis unit, we used three new apparatuses for multicomponent collection (MCC). These apparatuses vary in terms of principle, operation, and specific capabilities, and thus knowledge of them is...

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