The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-20. MISS A. PAINE, OF THE COMMONWEALTH SERUM LABORATORIES, IS SEEN PREPARING BOTTLES FOR STERILISATION BEFORE DESPATCH TO THE VARIOUS CENTRES WERE BLOOD IS OBTAINED FROM DONORS FOR USE IN BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS. PRIOR TO STERILISATION THE BOTTLES ARE FIRST THOROUGHLY CLEANED AND THEN PLUGGED WITH COTTON-WOOL, THROUGH WHICH IS INSERTED A GLASS FITTING LENGTH OF RUBBER TUBING ATTACHED.
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-20. AT THE COMMONWEALTH SERUM LABORATORIES WHERE BLOOD DONATED AT VARIOUS BLEEDING CENTRES IS COLLECTED AND PREPARED FOR TRANSFUSIONS. ALTHOUGH THE BLOOD IS HANDLED ASEPTICALLY
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-20. AFTER BOTTLES CONTAINING BLOOD FOR TRANSFUSIONS HAVE BEEN RETURNED FROM THE BLEEDING CENTRES, WHERE THE BLOOD IS EXTRACTED FROM DONORS, TO THE COMMONWEALTH SERUM LABORATORI
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-20. ONE OF THE LATTER STAGES OF PROCESSING BLOOD PLASMA INTO SERUM AT THE COMMONWEALTH SERUM LABORATORIES, WHERE BLOOD OBTAINED FROM DONORS AT THE VARIOUS BLEEDING CENTRES IS C
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-20. MISS M. KENNEDY OF THE COMMONWEALTH SERUM LABORATORIES, AT WORK ON THE PREPARATION OF BLOOD THAT HAS BEEN DONATED AT VARIOUS BLEEDING CENTRES AND FORWARDED TO THE LABORATOR
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-20. BEFORE BOTTLES TO CONTAIN DONATED BLOOD FOR BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS ARE DESPATCHED FROM THE COMMONWEALTH SERUM LABORATORIES TO THE BLEEDING CENTRE, A CALCULATED VOLUME OF A SOLU
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-20. AT THE COMMONWEALTH SERUM LABORATORIES WHERE BLOOD DONATED AT VARIOUS BLEEDING CENTRES IS COLLECTED AND PREPARED FOR TRANSFUSIONS. AT THE STAGE SHOWN HERE, THE FILTRATION O
