IMMUNOHEMA

• The Blood Bank department must be well-equipped for its day-to-day duties
• Equipment in the Blood Bank includes glasswares, plastic wares, and electrical equipment
• Glasswares and plastic wares include test tubes, serological pipets, evacuated tubes, graduated centrifuge tubes, glass slides, blood typing slides, Pasteur pipets, droppers, beakers
• Test tubes are primarily used for testing procedures like blood typing and compatibility testing
• Serological pipets are used to measure and transfer liquid after aspiration, operated using pipetol/aspiratol
• Evacuated tubes contain blood collected from a patient, color-coded based on additives present inside
• Graduated centrifuge tubes are used for centrifugation procedures, with graduated markings for liquid measurement
• Glass slides are used for various serological procedures
• Blood typing slides have wells labeled for mixing reagents and samples
• Pasteur pipets are slender tubes used for transferring liquid drop by drop, considered a sharp hazard when broken
• Beakers are used for containing liquid or solid, can be used for certain tests like determining hemoglobin concentration
• Blood Sampling Set includes sterile needles, syringes, micro sampling sets with capillary tubes and lancets
• Tourniquet is used to restrict blood flow within veins for easier vein palpation during venipuncture procedures
• Hypodermic Needle is used with syringes for puncturing veins or arteries, hubs are color-coded to indicate needle gauge
• Syringes are used to collect venous blood samples from patients
• Micro Sampling Procedure includes capillary tubes for collecting small blood samples, color-coded for heparinized or non-heparinized tubes
• Lancets are used to puncture the skin to access capillaries for blood collection
• Auto lancets are operated by a push of a button, with adjustable depth settings
• Evacuated tube system is preferred over syringe method to minimize environmental contaminants during blood transfer
• Blood collection Set/Bleeding Set includes single blood bag system and triple blood bag system for creating different blood components
• Sphygmomanometer is used to measure blood pressure, with three types: Mercury, Aneroid, Automatic
• Stethoscope is used with sphygmomanometer to listen to pulses for blood pressure measurement
• Bathroom Scale is used to measure the weight of blood donors
• Hemoglobin measuring device analyzes hemoglobin concentration in blood
• Electrical Equipment includes Compound Microscope, Digital Rotator/Mechanical Rotator, Clinical Centrifuge, Hot air oven, RH View box, Water Bath, Blood unit irradiator, Floor standing centrifuge, Platelet Agitator/Incubator, Tube Sealers, Weighing Scale, Blood Bank Refrigerator
• Compound Microscope is used to observe reactions not visible to the naked eye
• Digital Rotator/Mechanical Rotator applies constant agitation on slides during tests
• Clinical Centrifuge separates components based on density
• Hot air oven sterilizes and dries glassware
• RH View box provides heat and light for reactions, aids in detecting microscopic agglutinations
• Water Bath is used for incubation, serum complement inactivation, and thawing frozen plasma units
• Blood unit irradiator delivers ionizing radiation to blood bags to inactivate WBCs
• Floor standing centrifuge separates blood components based on densities
• Platelet Agitator/Incubator is used to incubate platelet concentrates
• Tube Sealers are used for sealing tubing systems in blood bags
• Weighing Scale is used to weigh blood bags for component preparation
• Blood Bank Refrigerator stores blood units and reagents at specific temperatures
• Other equipment includes Applicator Stick, Wash Bottles, Tube sealer, Dry incubator
• Applicator Stick is used for mixing serological reactions
• Wash Bottles contain washing reagents for blood bank laboratories