Whole blood and blood component transfusion

In medicine, blood component transfusion is the "transfer of blood components such as erythrocytes, leukocytes, platelets, and plasma from a donor to a recipient or back to the donor. This process differs from the procedures undertaken in plasmapheresis and types of cytapheresis; (plateletpheresis and leukapheresis) where, following the removal of plasma or the specific cell components, the remainder is transfused back to the donor."

Classification

• Erythrocyte transfusion
• Leukocyte transfusion
• Platelet transfusion

external links

• American Association of Blood Banks (AABB)
• International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT)
• Dean L. (2005) Blood Groups and Red Cell Antigens NCBI
  • Blood transfusions and the immune system