| CPC C12N 5/0641 (2013.01) [A01K 5/0114 (2013.01); A01K 5/02 (2013.01); A01K 5/0291 (2013.01); A01N 1/02 (2013.01); A01N 1/021 (2013.01); A01N 1/0226 (2013.01); A61K 35/14 (2013.01); A61K 35/16 (2013.01); A61K 35/18 (2013.01); A61K 35/19 (2013.01); A61M 1/0272 (2013.01); A61M 1/342 (2013.01); A61M 1/3496 (2013.01); C12N 5/0644 (2013.01); A61M 2202/0429 (2013.01); A61M 2202/20 (2013.01)] | 15 Claims | 

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               1. A method for preparing uniform dose blood component transfusion products from a plurality of whole blood units of a same blood group and type comprising: 
            a) pooling a plurality of units of whole blood from different donors of the same blood group and type; 
                b) leukoreducing the pooled whole blood; 
                c) treating the pooled whole blood to inactivate one or more pathogens; 
                wherein the leukoreduction and inactivation steps are performed in either order; 
                d) separating at least one of an RBC component, a platelet component, and a plasma component from the leukoreduced, pathogen-inactivated pooled whole blood; 
                and performing at least one of steps e), f), or g): 
                e) adding a storage solution to the RBC component and dividing the RBC component into uniform volume and dose RBC transfusion product units; 
                f) adding a storage solution to the platelet component and dividing the platelet component into uniform volume and dose platelet transfusion product units; and 
                g) dividing the plasma component into uniform volume and dose plasma transfusion product units. 
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