Quality, Stability, and Safety Data of Packed Red Cells and Plasma Processed by Gravity Separation Using a New Fully Integrated Hollow-Fibre Filter Device
Table 8
Comparison of the mean processing times of the classical separation method and gravity separation.
Process activity
Centrifugation
Gravity Separation
Transport of the blood bags to the lab
2 min
2 min
Preparation of the leucocytes depletion
4 min
Leukocytes depletion
15 min
Preparation of the centrifugation step (cooling)
5 min
Centrifugation
20 min
Preparation of the blood separator
4 min
Separation of the whole blood to PRC and Plasma
12 min
Documentation
3 min
Preparation of the PRC and Plasma for storage
5 min
Preparation of the gravity Separation filter system
4 min
Gravity separation
45 min
Documentation
3 min
Preparation of the PRC and Plasma for storage
5 min
Sum
70 min
57 min
Minus centrifugation, respectively. gravity separation time (technician is free to perform other things)
