Fenwal is a medical group which specializes in blood technology. The create transfusion support medications, and a variety of cell therapies. They also create tools that makes blood transfusions and other blood treatments safer, more effective and more readily available. Fenwal has a full line of Apheresis products which automate the collection of blood and platelets, and protect harvested blood
. from contamination. Their collections include collection systems for red blood cells, whole blood and plasma, as well as separators for mononuclear cells, red cells, platelets and plasma. They also have a full line of manual collection containers including bags with red cell filters, BPUs designed to reduce the risk of DEHP exposure, and blood packs with whole blood leukoreduction filters for greater efficiency, among others. Fenwal's technological advances are significant because of the great need for blood products in the medical field. According to the American Red Cross, someone in the United States needs blood once every two seconds, totally the need for donations to more than 38,000 daily. Because Fenwal is genuinely interested in the safety and efficiency of blood collection procedures they offer a wide range of support for professionals in the medical field. Support services include on-site trainings, webinar videos which can be viewed online, and textual documents which can be printed for review. They also offer certificates of training or levels of certification for each piece of technology they produce. The offer technical support and repair services for all of their equipment, to keep them working correctly after hours of use. Finally, and perhaps more significantly, they offer a range of support services for recruiting and keeping regular donors. They recognize that without the participation of donors blood servicing is not possible. Their programs are designed to maximize the donor base in a blood centers community and encourage donors to return again and again to donate. http://www.fenwalinc.com/Pages/Support.aspx or http://www.redcrossblood.org/learn-about-blood/blood-facts-and-statistics
