Consummables and equipment for bloodbank

12. Essential Consumables and Equipment for a Blood Transfusion service

• Disposable lancets.
• Disinfectants and dressings.
• Material and supplies for the determination of haemoglobin concentration and haemotocrit (Copper suphate at the basic level).
• Blood collection containers preferrably plastic, including disposable needles.
• Multiple blood bags for component preparation where feasible.
• Test tubes for sample collection.
• Transfusion administration sets with needles.
• Labels for blood containers, samples and records.
• Supplies for donor refreshment.

Laboratory

• Test tubes and microscope slides.
• Reagents for blood grouping and compatibility testing.
• Test reagents and supplies for screening for transfusion tranmissible infections.
• Laboratory glassware (beakers, flasks, pipettes).
• Disinfectants and detergents.
• Sharps containers for disposal of contaminated articles.
• Protective clothing and disposable gloves.
• Timers.
• Aspirator bottles.

Office

• Stationery and material for adequate
• documentation of blood donors, donations, laboratory testing, blood storage and transportation.

Equipment

Blood Collection and Administration

• Donor beds.
• Balances for controlling the blood collection procedure, blood collection monitor and shaker.
• Domestic scales for weighing donors.
• Suitable vehicles for blood collection and distribution, and Blood Transport Containers.
• Miscellaneous equipment and surgical items, eg., scissors, forceps, sphygmomanometers, tourniquets,
• stethoscopes, thermometers.
• Necessary refreshments.

Laboratory and office

• Bench centrifuges for separation of samples and
• serological testing.
• Microscope
• 37° C incubators and/or water baths.
• Refrigerators with temperature monitoring system.
• -20° C freezer with temperature monitoring system.
• Emergency generator.
• Voltage stabilizers.
• Containers and coolant (or ice) for transportation of blood and blood components.
• Laboratory scales.
• Plasma extractors, hand sealers and tube strippers.
• Plastic or cardboard holders for blood units and frozen plasma.
• Laboratory thermometers.
• Autoclave.
  
• Equipment necessary for producing chemically pure and / or pyrogen-free water (eg. delonizer, distillation apparatus).
• Laboratory and office furniture.