
Blood processing is done to separate all the components of blood like RBCs, platelets, and plasmas. An anticoagulant with citrate, phosphate, and dextrose is used to prevent blood from clotting and also maintains cellular function during storage. Adenine is also used to improve the quality of red blood cells. Demand for pathogen free products is the major requirement for blood processing and for that different devices are used for blood processing that include blood bank freezers, blood warmers, blood grouping analyzers, blood bank refrigerators, hematocrit centrifuges, and blood cell processors.