Buffy Coat Specifications
Grifols Bio Supplies provides high-quality buffy coats with various specifications from stock and can customize specifications to meet your needs upon request.
Buffy Coats
The buffy coat is the fraction of uncoagulated blood that contains most of the white blood cells and platelets after a density gradient centrifugation process.
Specification
US and EU
Blood donation
Donors have an approved consent for donating blood. All donors are screened to ensure that each of them is in good health condition and that products are not collected from a high-risk population for blood-borne infections
Age, gender, race and blood group
Bags: 46-62 mL
- Research application.
- Source of mononuclear leukocytes cells for cell therapy
Donors from the US are tested for the standard FDA-required viral markers
Donors from Europe are tested for the standard European-required viral markers
- Refrigerated (2-8 ºC)
- Room temperature (15-30 ºC)
- Frozen (-20 ºC or below)
- Anticoagulants
- Blood type
- Storage temperature
- Dating specific
- Analytical services
| Specification | |
|---|---|
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Source |
US and EU |
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Collection method |
Blood donation |
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Donor criteria |
Donors have an approved consent for donating blood. All donors are screened to ensure that each of them is in good health condition and that products are not collected from a high-risk population for blood-borne infections |
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Donor data provided |
Age, gender, race and blood group |
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Format |
Bags: 46-62 mL |
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Application |
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Viral testing US |
Donors from the US are tested for the standard FDA-required viral markers |
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Viral testing EU |
Donors from Europe are tested for the standard European-required viral markers |
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Storage temperature |
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Customizations available |
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Additional information
Find additional information for buffy coats below.
Donor Viral Testing
Test
- USA
✓
- EU
✓
- USA
✓
- EU
✓
- USA
✓
- EU
✓
- USA
-
- EU
✓
- USA
-
- EU
✓
- USA
✓
- EU
From June to November on each donation
- USA
-
- EU
✓
- USA
✓
- EU
✓
- USA
✓
- EU
✓
- USA
✓
- EU
✓
- USA
-
- EU
✓
- USA
✓
- EU
✓
- USA
Performed on the donor's first donation
- EU
-
- USA
Performed on each donation in states where the US FDA mandates it
- EU
-
| Test | USA | EU |
|---|---|---|
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HIV-1-NAT |
✓ |
✓ |
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HCV-NAT |
✓ |
✓ |
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HBV-NAT |
✓ |
✓ |
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HEV-NAT |
- |
✓ |
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HAV-NAT |
- |
✓ |
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WNV-NAT |
✓ |
From June to November on each donation |
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PVB19-NAT |
- |
✓ |
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Anti-HIV Ag/Ab |
✓ |
✓ |
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Anti-HCV |
✓ |
✓ |
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HBsAg |
✓ |
✓ |
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Anti-HBc |
- |
✓ |
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Syphillis |
✓ |
✓ |
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Chagas |
Performed on the donor's first donation |
- |
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Babesia |
Performed on each donation in states where the US FDA mandates it |
- |
Anticoagulant
Specification
| Specification | USA | EU |
|---|---|---|
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ACD |
✓ |
- |
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K2 EDTA |
✓ |
- |
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Sodium citrate |
✓ |
- |
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Storage solution SSP+ |
- |
✓ |
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