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- Blood donation
- You donate blood in the blood donation room or blood donation bus.
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- Inspection
- The blood move to blood center (Reference: The Operations of Blood Centers), it dose blood type inspection, antigen test for protect by infection, and biochemiscal test before blood donation.
- Japanese Red Cross Society started nucleic acid amplification test (NAT) in 1999 aiming for blood safety being the first in the world.
- Also, they started have been personal NAT in 8 inspection facilities in Japan in August 1,2014.
- NAT facility accept to inspection 24hours, 365days and, thier do NAT after pass the serological test.
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- Product
- Specimens are centrifuge difference in specific gravity difference of each ingredient.
- There are separated by separators, a red blood corpuscle, blood plasma, a thrombocyte. (*When donating blood components, plasma and platelets are usually collected separately at the time of blood donation, and separation is not performed.)
- Specimens are collate with test results and, only passed blood make blood products for transfusion.
- Irradiation Blood products for transfusion are irradiated to prevent the proliferation of afterimage lymphocytes during transfusion and damage to body tissues, which is called post-transfusion transplantation vs. host disease.
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- Storage
- Blood products are storaged at most suitable temperature in the fridge and freezer etc.
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- Summary
- Blood products are supplied to medical institutions depend on place an order from medical institutions.
- The seven blood centers adjust for destitute of blood because medical setting need to prompt supply.