A system for managing inventory of blood component collection soft goods in a blood component collection facility and for preventing the use of quarantined blood component collection soft goods, the system comprising: an operator identifier corresponding to a blood component collection instrument operator; a blood component collection instrument for collecting a blood component from a blood component donor in a blood component collection soft good; a system computer in data communication with a system database; an interface operably connected to the system computer and having a reader for receiving the operator identifier and transmitting the operator identifier to the system computer and for receiving separate input of a blood component collection soft good identifier and transmitting the blood component collection soft good identifier to the system database for managing inventory; wherein the system computer is operably connected to the blood component collection instrument, the system computer running a blood component collection application for at least a portion of a blood component collection process, wherein the system database has a blood component collection soft good inventory and quarantine blood component collection soft good information, said system computer is adapted to process said inventory and quarantine blood component collection soft good information prior to the use of the blood component collection soft good and the system computer is further adapted to transmit a warning to the blood component collection instrument and cause the blood component collection instrument to reject the blood component collection soft good upon detection of a quarantined blood component collection soft goods identifier. an operator identifier corresponding to a blood component collection instrument operator; a blood component collection instrument for collecting a blood component from a blood component donor in a blood component collection soft good; a system computer in data communication with a system database; an interface operably connected to the system computer and having a reader for receiving the operator identifier and transmitting the operator identifier to the system computer and for receiving separate input of a blood component collection soft good identifier and transmitting the blood component collection soft good identifier to the system database for managing inventory; wherein the system computer is operably connected to the blood component collection instrument, the system computer running a blood component collection application for at least a portion of a blood component collection process, wherein the system database has a blood component collection soft good inventory and quarantine blood component collection soft good information, said system computer is adapted to process said inventory and quarantine blood component collection soft good information prior to the use of the blood component collection soft good and the system computer is further adapted to transmit a warning to the blood component collection instrument and cause the blood component collection instrument to reject the blood component collection soft good upon detection of a quarantined blood component collection soft goods identifier.