The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 LABORATORIES TO BE USED IN TRANSFUSIONS. AT THIS STAGE IN THE PREPARATIONS, MISS KENNEDY IS SEEN ADDING THE REQUIRED AMOUNT OF CALCIUM CHLORIDE SOLUTION WHICH PRECIPITATES THE ANTI-COAGULANT IN THE PLASMA AND ALLOWS CLOTTING TO TAKE PLACE.
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. 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. 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. ALTHOUGH THE BLOOD IS HANDLED ASEPTICALLY
SYDNEY, NSW. 1944-03-22. NX144907 STAFF-SERGEANT G.A. HENDY OF THE 2ND AUSTRALIAN BLOOD AND SERUM PREPARATION UNIT OPERATING A SHAKING MACHINE IN THE UNIT LABORATORY. CALCIUM CHLORIDE IS ADDED TO THE
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
