When making a platelet concentrate, the proper procedure is to start with a low centrifugation of the whole blood bag. After the plasma is removed, it is centrifuged again at a higher speed to separate the platelet portion from the plasma portion.
Blood bank
The following steps must be followed in preparation of a platelet concentrate:
Blood Bank; Immunology
Which of the following best describes the primary function of antibodies:
G6PD deficiency causes an increased suseptibility to the oxidation of hemoglobin, which in turn, causes the precipitation of hemoglobin inside of the red blood cell.
Which one of the following conditions is associated with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency?
Howell-Jolly bodies are composed of DNA and appear as small round ball-like inclusions inside the red cells. Usually only one Howell-Jolly body will be present in each red cell.
Single erythrocyte inclusions which are large, round, smooth and purplish-blue staining are most likely: