MULTICOMPONENT COLLECTION (MCC) - AN OVERVIEW

Collection of multiple products, including single and double units of platelets (SDP: DPP), plasma and RBC is progressively improving donor utilization and is leading to more cost-effective apheresis. Cell sepa rators such as the Fresenius AS 204, the Dideco Excel version 97 and t he Baxter Amicus are newcomers to the family of the last generation ap paratuses used for MCC such as the AS 104, the Vivacell and the MCS 3p . The Cobe Spectra is for the moment the only apparatus unable to coll ect packed RBC along with platelets but Cobe too is moving in the dire ction of MCC. The next step is triple product apheresis.