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Glossary of Terms
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Plasma device
Short form for secondary plasma device.
Plasma line
Line on the tubing set used to carry concurrently collected plasma to the
plasma bag. This line is on the Collection Set and on the IDL Set.
Plasmapheresis
Apheresis procedure used to separate plasma from a patient’s blood.
Platelet
Small cell fragment that aids in blood coagulation by helping to repair
damage to walls of blood vessels.
PLTD procedure
Apheresis procedure used to collect excess platelets from a patient.
PLTD
Abbreviation for platelet depletion.
PMN
Abbreviation for granulocyte or granulocytes.
PMN collection procedure
Apheresis procedure used to collect granulocytes from a donor.
Port number
Numerical identifier used for the transmission of data between devices in
a network.
Primary run target
Specific value that has been configured or entered on the run values
screen and that when attained, causes the system to end the run. A black
frame appears around the button of the primary run target to distinguish
it from other run targets.
Prime
Process of pumping saline through the tubing set to prepare the set for the
run.
Procedure
Series of steps performed to accomplish apheresis on the Spectra Optia
system. A procedure starts when the procedure is selected and ends when
the patient is disconnected.
Radio frequency
Frequency in which radio waves are transmitted.
RBC
Abbreviation for red blood cell or red blood cells.
RBCX
Abbreviation for red blood cell exchange.
Red blood cell
Formed element of the blood responsible for delivering oxygen from the
lungs to the tissues and helping to return carbon dioxide from the tissues
to the lungs.
Red blood cell depletion procedure
Type of red blood cell exchange procedure in which excess or defective
RBC are removed from a patient and replaced with desired replacement
fluid.
Red blood cell depletion/exchange
procedure
Type of red blood cell exchange procedure that consists of a depletion
procedure followed by an exchange procedure.
Red blood cell exchange procedure
Apheresis procedure used to remove defective RBC from a patient and
replace them with healthy donor RBC.
Remove bag
Bag on the tubing set that holds the removed blood components. This
bag is only on the Exchange Set.
Remove line
Line on the Exchange Set used to carry removed blood components from
the channel to the remove bag.
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