WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Designed to maximize productivity for blood processing centers, new Thermo Scientific blood banking centrifuges offer increased capacity that exceeds legacy centrifuge ...
The recent blood shortage in the U.S.—exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and a plummeting number of donations—has had a particularly strong effect on the growing demand for platelets, which help ...
LAKEWOOD, Colo., Oct. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- To help address platelet shortages and streamline blood center operations, The Blood Center in New Orleans has become the second U.S. blood center to ...
A blood centrifuge rotates between 3,000 and 5,000 times per minute, causing blood to separate into three distinct layers: dark and dense red blood cells at the bottom, a very thin layer of white ...