Blood product

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

A blood product is any component of the blood which is collected from a donor for use in a blood transfusion. Whole blood is uncommonly used in transfusion medicine at present. The currently available blood products include: packed red blood cells, platelets, fresh frozen plasma, cryoprecipitate, albumin, and immunoglobulins.

v t e Transfusion medicine
General concepts	Apheresis (plasmapheresis, plateletpheresis, leukapheresis) Blood transfusion Coombs test (direct and indirect) Cross-matching Exchange transfusion International Society of Blood Transfusion Intraoperative blood salvage ISBT 128 Transfusion reactions
Blood group systems / blood types	ABO Chido-Rodgers Colton Cromer Diego Dombrock Duffy Er FORS Gerbich GIL GLOB Hh Ii Indian JR JMH Kell (Xk) Kidd Knops Lan Lewis Lutheran LW MNS OK P Raph Rh and RHAG Scianna T-Tn Vel Xg Yt Other
Blood products / blood donation	Whole blood Platelets Red blood cells Plasma / Fresh frozen plasma / PF24 (Cryoprecipitate + Cryosupernatant) Blood substitutes

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