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Superlite Plasma Collection System
Author(s) -
Yamazaki Sohachi
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
therapeutic apheresis and dialysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.415
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1744-9987
pISSN - 1744-9979
DOI - 10.1046/j.1526-0968.2003.00015.x
Subject(s) - medicine , blood collection , christian ministry , data collection , medical emergency , philosophy , statistics , theology , mathematics
The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare launched anational initiative to become plasma self‐sufficient by reducingreliance on imported plasma products and increasing plasma collectionsto enable plasma‐derived pharmaceuticals, including albumin, globulin,and Factor VIII products to use plasma collected within Japan. Inorder to realize this goal, plasma collections from volunteer donorsmust increase to about 1.5 million litres of plasma per year (1) or about 50% more than what theJapan Red Cross currently collects. A mobile device, such as theSuperlite system, will make it easier and more efficient for Japan’ssole blood collection agency, the Japan Red Cross, to add plasmacollection to mobile blood drives. Haemonetics Corporation (Braintree,MA, USA) has combined many years of apheresis experience with up‐to‐datetechnology to create the Superlite Plasma Collection System (PCS)for the Japan Red Cross. This new device, which is expected to greatlycontribute to the Red Cross's national source plasma collectionprogram, is even smaller than the Ultralite PCS and offers severaladvanced features and benefits. Light, compact, and very portable, the Superlite has a Japaneselanguage friendly user interface that continually displays collectionstatus, including time remaining in the collection procedure. The device features a protocol that limits extra‐corporealblood volume for low‐weight donors; a program used in conjunction with a reduced volume disposable bowl. Superlite, designedfor use in both fixed‐site and mobile applications, combines the portable ease‐of‐use of the Ultralite with the collection process calculation abilities of the CCS to provide a state‐of‐the‐art collection device that will help define the future of Japan plasma collection.