Abstract: This disclosure relates to a blood processing and preservation system. Apparatus of the system comprises a primary collection bag, a blood collection tube connected to the bag and adapted to draw a unit of blood from a person and feed the blood into the bag, and a harness connected to the bag for conducting solutions and blood components into and out of the bag. The harness includes a first tube for removing at least one blood component from the bag while retaining another component, a second tube for moving a cryoprotective solution into and out of the bag, a third tube for conducting a wash solution into and out of the bag, and identification on the bag.