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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 LABORATORIES, THE BLOOD IS THEN SYPHONED ASEPTICALLY INTO A SPECIALLY ADAPTED CREAM SEPARATOR TO REMOVE THE RED CELLS FROM THE PLASMA WHICH IS THEN COLLECTED INTO A LARGE STERILE BOTTLE. HERE WE SEE MISS M. MCKENZIE REGULATING THE FLOW OF PLASMA INTO THE SEPARATOR.
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 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
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
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-20. MISS M. KENNEDY OF THE COMMONWEALTH SERUM LABORATORIES IS SEEN WITH A CONTAINER OF PLASMA FOR BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS WHICH HAS BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE BLEEDING CENTES WHERE IT I
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
