BLOOD BANK LABORATORY INSTRUMENT AND EQUIPMENTS

(PPE) PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENTS

SCISSOR AND FORCEPS, Spirit swab bowel

THERMOMETER

AUTOCLAVE & Sterlizer or Incubator

Dropper and Bottle

Pipettes

Pasteur pipette

Test Tubes and tube racks 

WASH BOTTLE 

CENTRIFUGE

BALANCE 

BLOOD DONATION CHAIR

BLOOD SHAKER

BLOOD BAGS

PACKING AND LABEL

REFRIGERATOR CENTRIFUGE FOR SEPARATE BLOOD COMPONENTS

PLASMA EXTRACTOR /SEPRATOR/EXTRACTOR

BLOOD BAG TUBE SEALER

REFRIGERATOR AND BLOOD STORAGE

BLOOD BANK REFRIGERATOR

PLASMA FREEZER STORAGE

DEEP FREEZER

Platelet agitator and incubator

Temperature controlled boxes for transportation of blood components

Water bath FOR INCUBATION

Microscope

Microscope Slide and Cover Slip 

WASTE SEGREGATION

Tests Performed in Blood Bank

Tests Performed

A number of laboratory tests must be completed before blood or blood products can be transfused:

• Determination of the blood type with a Crossmatch.

• Screening for antibodies that may produce adverse effects if transfused.

• Screening for possible infectious agents that could be transmitted with transfusion.

The following tests are manadatory on all units of blood collected for transfusion:

• ABO group and Rh type

• Screening for blood-group antibodies

• Serologic tests for human retroviruses including:
• HIV-1
• HIV-2

• Serologic tests for viral hepatitis including:
• Hepatitis B
• Hepatitis C

• Serologic tests for additional infectious agents including:
• Syphilis (Treponema pallidum
• West Nile virus
• Chagas disease (Trypanosoma cruzi)

If, and only if, all of these markers are negative can blood be conveyed to the Blood Bank for storage until usage.

A postive results for some of these tests may prevent further donation by that person. A person with such a test result will be notified by the donor center.

Persons with a potential medical condition should see a physician and should not, under any circumstance, donate only to have blood tested.

These measures are done to make the blood supply as safe as possible. The significant infectious diseases transmitted by transfusion and the risk of transmission