How Donated Blood Is Collected and Stored

John M. Fife, based in Chicago, Illinois, is a diversified businessman who chairs and manages multiple companies. As the president of Typenex Medical, John M. Fife oversees providing a suite of medical device services to hospitals and blood banks. Typenex Medical creates and offers original blood verification systems, which help to organize and store blood.

The first step in blood donation is a donor. The hospital will first conduct a health history check, and if the donor passes the requirements, one pint of blood is extracted from the donor and multiple small test tubes are filled with the donor’s blood. Records for the donor are labeled with bar codes. The blood donation is then taken to a Red Cross center for further processing.

The second step starts by assimilating the information into a computer database. The blood is then centrifuged to separate transfusable components from the non-transfusable ones. Meanwhile, the test tubes are being tested in a laboratory. Here, the blood type is determined, and the blood is screened for infectious illnesses.

For the third step, when the eligibility has been verified, the units are labeled and stored. After that, the Red Cross can distribute blood to hospitals 24/7.