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Do you mean "Blood plasma"?
During plasmapheresis, blood is initially taken out of the body through a needle or previously implanted catheter. Plasma is then removed from the blood by a cell separator. Three procedures are commonly used to separate the plasma from the blood cells: * Discontinuous flow centrifugation: One venous catheter line is required. Typically, a 300 ml batch of blood is removed at a time and centrifuged to separate plasma from blood cells. * Continuous flow centrifugation: Two venous lines are used. This method requires slightly less blood volume to be out of the body at any one time as it is able to continuously spin out plasma. * Plasma filtration: Two venous lines are used. The plasma is filtered using standard hemodialysis equipment. This continuous process requires less than 100 ml of blood to be outside the body at one time. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasmapheresis
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When serum isn't separated it's called?
Blood plasma is serum that hasn't had the clotting factors separated. Like serum, it contains no blood cells.
How is horse serum made?
Horse serum is made by taking horse blood that has developed immunities to toxins. The clotted blood was separated using chemical techniques.
Why is blood group identification not required while transfusing serum?
The serum is a cell free fluid which forms when the blood has clotted and the thombus has separated from it.Since the blood group deciding antigens are present on the RBC's which are not present on the serum .Hence,it can be transcribed to anyone without the need of blood testing.
When blood is collected from patient serum should be separated from cells as quickly as possible to avoid?
hemolysis
What do activators do?
They help the blood sample in the tube clot so that serum can be separated for analysis. Serum is the preferred specimen for many tests such as hormones, proteins and electrolytes.
What is that stuff in the bottom of a vial when blood work is drawn?
You are probably seeing the serum separator gel. After the blood in the tube clots, they spin it to separate the clot from the remaining fluid (serum). The gel will move in between the clot and the serum so they stay separated.
What do clot activators do?
They help the blood sample in the tube clot so that serum can be separated for analysis. Serum is the preferred specimen for many tests such as hormones, proteins and electrolytes.
What does blood separated into clot and serum looks like?
Separated blood actually has three layers - the red layer made of the erythrocytes, the buffy layer made of all the white blood cells and a liquid yellow layer on top consisting of all the fluid and proteins in the blood.
What are ingredients of blood serum?
Blood Serum is the liquid portion of a blood clot.
Blood plasma minus fibrinogen is?
Serum Serum
What is the different between blood and blood serum?
Plasma has clotting factors in it and serum does not.
Difference between anti sera and serum?
Antisera is blood serum containing antibodies against a specific antigen, used to treat or provide immunity to a disease. It is extracted from an animal that has immunity to a particular disease. Serum is the fluid obtained when whole blood is separated into its solid and liquid components after it has been allowed to clot. It is clear and yellow in color.
