Whole blood and blood component transfusion

In medicine, blood component transfusion is the "transfer of blood components such as erythrocytes, leukocytes, platelets, and plasma from a donor to a recipient or back to the donor. this process differs from the procedures undertaken in plasmapheresis and types of cytapheresis; (plateletpheresis and leukapheresis) where, following the removal of plasma or the specific cell components, the remainder is transfused back to the donor."

Classification

 * Erythrocyte transfusion
 * Leukocyte transfusion
 * Platelet transfusion