Red Cross blood center
Description:
Northeast Regional Red Cross Blood Program Center building in rain. Inside lab technicians process blood and components in rotating coiled tubes. Numbered vials of blood in racks. Lab worker peers into microscope. Centrifuge spins and slows to stop. Technician with gloved hands draws plasma from test tubes. Typed units (A positive, B negative, etc.) in plastic packs on refrigerated shelves. Units packed in carton marked "Rush Human Blood" lined with styrofoam and covered with ice bag for shipping to University Hospital.
