Research Article

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 activityCentrifugationGravity Separation

Transport of the blood bags to the lab2 min2 min
Preparation of the leucocytes depletion4 min
Leukocytes depletion15 min
Preparation of the centrifugation step (cooling)5 min
Centrifugation20 min
Preparation of the blood separator4 min
Separation of the whole blood to PRC and Plasma12 min
Documentation3 min
Preparation of the PRC and Plasma for storage5 min
Preparation of the gravity Separation filter system4 min
Gravity separation45 min
Documentation3 min
Preparation of the PRC and Plasma for storage5 min
Sum70 min57 min
Minus centrifugation, respectively. gravity separation time (technician is free to perform other things)20 min45 min
Time technician is required for the processing50 min12 min