LAKEWOOD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- CaridianBCT, the leading global provider of technology, products and services in the blood banking, transfusion medicine and cell therapy industries, announced the global release of the Trima Accel® Automated Blood Collection System Version 6.0. The latest version of the flagship automated blood collection platform provides streamlined operations and potentially increased cost savings for customers worldwide.

As part of its commitment to listening to its customers and implementing continuous product and service improvements, CaridianBCT updated the Trima Accel system with additional features designed to enhance the system’s versatility, particularly Auto RBC. For example, to help streamline blood center operations, the new Auto RBC function automates the in-line leukoreduction of red blood cells (RBCs), which eliminates the need for lab processing with ready-to-store, leukoreduced RBC products. With new platelet, plasma and RBC product configurations, blood centers can collect any combination of components on one, easy-to-use system—resulting in simplified operator processes for overall increased efficiency.

“The Trima Accel system is a great multi-functional platform that has been serving our goals and demand for many years,” said Dr. Per-Olof Forsberg, director and medical advisor at Karlstad Hospital in Sweden. “We have been extremely pleased with the latest version’s new and updated features including the greater flexibility, ease of use, the Auto RBC component and ability to streamline our entire procedure processes.”

“From our apheresis technicians to lab clinicians at Mississippi Blood Services, we have found the new features of the updated Trima system to greatly improve overall productivity while decreasing risk of operator error and optimizing time spent with donors,” said Missie Bray, technical project specialist of Mississippi Blood Services.

“We are proud to offer the only apheresis system on the market today with the versatility our customers need for full-spectrum blood component combinations,” said Bob Cole, senior vice president of Automated Collections at CaridianBCT. “Our customized approach to providing the highest level of customer support combined with the new additions to the Trima Accel system will deliver powerful results to maximize productivity within the blood center.”

In conjunction with the updated Trima Accel system, CaridianBCT has also released an enhanced version of the Vista Information System (Version 3.2). Available in select markets, the Vista system automates donor eligibility while providing real-time collection visibility and centralized management of procedure priorities. With new benefits, including expanded lab capability and improved data management, the updated Vista system maximizes the capabilities of the new Trima Accel system.

About CaridianBCT:

CaridianBCT is the leading global provider of innovative technologies and services specializing in automated blood collections, therapeutic apheresis and cell therapy systems, whole blood processes and pathogen reduction technologies. The company serves patients through its commitment “For Better Blood and Better Lives” by developing and commercializing products that serve global customers in the blood banking, therapeutic apheresis and transfusion medicine industries. For more information, visit www.caridianbct.com.