SEGMENT INFORMATION

6 Months Ended

Sep. 28, 2013

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

SEGMENT INFORMATION

SEGMENT INFORMATION

Segment Definition Criteria

We manage our business on the basis of one operating segment: the design, manufacture, and marketing of blood management solutions. Our chief operating decision-maker uses consolidated results to make operating and strategic decisions. Manufacturing processes, as well as the regulatory environment in which we operate, are largely the same for all product categories.

Enterprise-Wide Disclosures about Product and Services

We have four global product families: plasma, blood center, hospital, and software solutions.

Our products include whole blood disposables, equipment devices and the related disposables used with these devices. Disposables include part of plasma, blood center, and hospital product families. Plasma consists of the disposables used to perform apheresis for the separation of whole blood components and subsequent collection of plasma to be used as a raw material for biologically derived pharmaceuticals. Blood center consists of disposables which separate whole blood for the subsequent collection of platelets, plasma, red cells, or a combination of these components for transfusion to patients as well as disposables for manual whole blood collection. Hospital consists of surgical disposables (principally the Cell Saver^® autologous blood recovery system targeted to procedures that involve rapid, high volume blood loss such as cardiovascular surgeries and the cardioPAT^® cardiovascular perioperative autotransfusion system designed to remain with the patient following surgery to recover blood and the patient’s red cells to prepare them for reinfusion), the OrthoPAT^® orthopedic perioperative autotransfusion system designed to operate both during and after surgery to recover and wash the patient’s red cells to prepare them for reinfusion, and diagnostics products (principally the TEG^® Thrombelastograph^® hemostasis analyzer used to help assess a surgical patient’s hemostasis during and after surgery). Software solutions include information technology platforms that assist blood centers, plasma centers, and hospitals to more effectively manage regulatory compliance and operational efficiency.

Revenues from External Customers:

	Three Months Ended
(In thousands)	September 28, 2013		September 29, 2012
Disposable revenues
Plasma disposables	$	75,734	$	68,677
Blood center disposables
Platelet	39,884		43,198
Red cell	10,221		11,918
Whole blood	47,283		28,620
	97,388		83,736
Hospital disposables
Surgical	16,351		18,804
OrthoPAT	6,262		7,645
Diagnostics	7,985		6,937
	30,598		33,386
Total disposables revenue	203,720		185,799
Software solutions	17,120		18,043
Equipment & other	14,915		14,336
Net revenues	$	235,755	$	218,178

	Six Months Ended
(In thousands)	September 28, 2013		September 29, 2012
Disposable revenues
Plasma disposables	$	141,070	$	132,555
Blood center disposables
Platelet	74,330		80,440
Red cell	20,229		23,986
Whole blood	98,537		28,620
	193,096		133,046
Hospital disposables
Surgical	32,441		37,064
OrthoPAT	12,581		15,186
Diagnostics	15,579		13,436
	60,601		65,686
Total disposables revenue	394,767		331,287
Software solutions	33,866		35,347
Equipment & other	26,664		28,019
Net revenues	$	455,297	$	394,653