Published January 2006

Center uses new
blood-screening system

SCBJ Staff

Puget Sound Blood Center has become the first blood center in the nation to use the Abbott PRISM blood-screening system, the world’s first fully automated blood-screening instrument. Its technology heightens detection of potential infectious agents above any previous levels, according to the blood center.

For certain diseases, the PRISM instrument will enable the blood center to process a high number of tests with very little manual intervention, lessening the need for re-testing due to variations in the previous testing system and ensuring donated units get out to the hospitals and facilities that need them, the blood center said.

The Puget Sound Blood Center, which serves patients in more than 70 hospitals and clinics in 14 counties with blood services, provides tissue and transplantation support to 185 hospitals across the Northwest. For more information on Puget Sound Blood Center, go online to www.psbc.org.

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