An apheresis machine is a device which receives blood removed from a patient or donor’s body and separates it into its various components: plasma, platelets, white blood cells and red blood cells.

The third patient received 206 RhD-positive random donor platelets and 5 apheresis units ... we transfuse approximately 32,309 packed red blood cells (RBCs), 87,760 random-donor platelets 4878 ...

Apheresis machine for extracorporeal elimination ... purification procedure plasma is initially separated from the blood cells. Adding acetate buffer for acidification and heparin to the plasma ...

The apheresis machine is a centrifuge that draws blood and spins it to separate components: plasma, platelets, white blood cells, and red blood cells. Oscar Paris, PRC Benguet Chapter administrator, ...