Where Does Donated Blood Go?
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Sample tubes are labelled and analysed to ascertain blood groups and detect blood-borne infections.
Donated blood is packed into temperature-controlled containers and transported to blood processing laboratories, where leucodepletion (removal of WBCs) takes place and blood components are separated using centrifugation. Components are then transported to hospitals on request.
