Blood products available
Whole blood is rarely used nowadays. Blood component therapy has replaced the use of whole blood (1).
Blood components include:
- red cells
- red cells in additive solutions
- irradiated red cells
- washed red cells
- platelets
- irradiated platelets
- platelets in additive solutions
- human leucocyte antigen (HLA)-selected platelets
- plasma
- fresh frozen plasma
- cryoprecipitate
- granulocytes
- human albumin solutions
- clotting factor concentrates
- immunoglobulin solutions (1)
Note:
- all blood donations are filtered to remove white blood cells (pre-storage leucodepletion) to leave <1×10 6 leucocytes in the pack
Reference:
- NHS Blood and Transplant Service. Blood Essentials - new transfusion education and reference tool, April 2024 (online)
Related pages
- Whole blood and red cell concentrates
- Washed cells and filtered blood
- Red cell substitutes
- Platelet concentrates
- Fresh frozen plasma
- Plasma protein fraction
- Cryoprecipitate
- Factor VIII concentrate
- Factor IX concentrate
- Plasma (blood transfusion)
- Granulocytes (neutrophils) in blood transfusion
- Coagulation factors (blood transfusion)
- Immunoglobulin solutions (blood transfusion)
- Blood transfusion
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