Blood Component Transfusion

Synonyms

Blood Component Transfusions

Component Transfusion, Blood

Component Transfusions, Blood

Transfusion, Blood Component

Transfusions, Blood Component

The transfer of blood components such as erythrocytes, leukocytes, platelets, and plasma from a donor to a recipient or back to the donor. This process differs from the procedures undertaken in PLASMAPHERESIS and types of CYTAPHERESIS; (PLATELETPHERESIS and LEUKAPHERESIS) where, following the removal of plasma or the specific cell components, the remainder is transfused back to the donor.