# The Blood Safety and Quality Regulations 2005, Paragraph 1


THE BLOOD COMPONENTS
1. Red cell preparations
The components listed in points 1.1 to 1.8 may be further processed within blood establishments and must be labelled accordingly
1.1
Red cells
1.2
Red cells, buffy coat removed
1.3
Red cells, leucocyte-depleted
1.4
Red cells, in additive solution
1.5
Red cells, buffy coat removed, in additive solution
1.6
Red cells, leucocyte-depleted, in additive solution
1.7
Red cells, apheresis
1.8
Whole blood
2. Platelet preparations
The components listed in points 2.1 to 2.6 may be further processed within blood establishments and must be labelled accordingly
2.1
Platelets, apheresis
2.2
Platelets, apheresis, leucocyte-depleted
2.3
Platelets, recovered, pooled
2.4
Platelets, recovered, pooled, leucocyte-depleted
2.5
Platelets, recovered, single unit
2.6
Platelets, recovered, single unit, leucocyte-depleted
3. Plasma preparations
The components listed in 3.1 to 3.3 may be further processed within blood establishments and must be labelled accordingly
3.1
Fresh-frozen plasma
3.2
Fresh-frozen plasma, cryoprecipitate-depleted
3.3
Cryoprecipitate
4.
Granulocytes, apheresis

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/50/schedule/part/5/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/blood-safety-and-quality-regulations-2005/schedule/part-5/paragraph-1
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