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Ensuring Safety and Quality for a PCS2 Procedure
P/N 85266-30, Manual revision: A
Communicable
disease
precautions
Despite testing and screening to detect communicable diseases such as hepatitis,
syphilis or HIV, the risk remains that the blood being processed may be infected.
The operator must take the appropriate precautions when handling blood prod-
ucts and disposing of blood-contaminated material, to ensure personal safety as
well as the safety of others who may come in contact with the material.
Proper handling of blood contaminated material
If a leak or blood spill should occur, it should be cleaned immediately. The oper-
ator should follow the local standard operating procedure outlining the steps to
follow and product(s) to be used for the disinfection of blood-contaminated mate-
rial.
If any blood-contaminated material must be returned to Haemonetics for further
inspection, the operator should consult the RGA Procedure as described in the
chapter “Maintaining the PCS2 Equipment”.
Proper disposal of biologically contaminated materials
Any PCS2 disposable material used during an apheresis process is considered as
biologically contaminated. It must be disposed of according to local standard
operating procedure for the removal of such material and should not be mixed
with non-biologically contaminated waste.
