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Brazil's Ribeirão Preto Blood Center is upgrading to fully automated blood processing using Terumo BCT's Reveos™ systems — a first for any public blood center in the country. The move comes as transfusion demand climbed 3.5% in 2025 while donations fell ~2%, widening a critical supply gap. The center will also serve as a national reference site to help other public blood services modernize.
Brazil's Ribeirão Preto Blood Center, which supports roughly 120,000 transfusions a year across São Paulo State, is making a major leap forward by adopting Terumo BCT's Reveos™ Automated Blood Processing Systems — transitioning from a semi-automated workflow to a fully integrated operation. It's the first large-scale Reveos deployment in Brazil and the first in a public blood center, positioning Ribeirão Preto as a national reference site for other public blood services eyeing automation.
The upgrade is driven by a widening mismatch between supply and demand. In 2025, the center supported 119,000 transfusions — up 3.5% year-over-year — while donations dropped about 2%, continuing a downward trend that began in 2019 with no reversal in sight. Automation is seen as the key lever to boost efficiency and output without requiring more staff or space.
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Why it matters: As blood shortages become a growing global concern, this project shows that public health systems in emerging markets can adopt advanced automation to bridge supply gaps — and potentially serve as a blueprint for other resource-constrained blood services worldwide.
