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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) January 31, 2005

                             HAEMONETICS CORPORATION
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

         Massachusetts                  1-10730                04-2882273
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  (State or other jurisdiction     (Commission File          (IRS Employer
       of incorporation)                Number)           Identification No.)

             400 Wood Road Braintree, MA                         02184
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      (Address of principal executive offices)                 (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code  (781) 848-7100


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          (Former name or former address if changed since last report)

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ITEM .  2.02   RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

               On January 31, 2005 Haemonetics Corporation (the "Company")
               issued a press release announcing financial results for the
               third quarter ended January 1, 2005. A copy of the release is
               furnished with this report as exhibit 99.1.

               The information in this current report on Form 8-K and the
               exhibit attached hereto shall not be deemed "filed" for the
               purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of
               1934 (the "Exchange Act") or otherwise subject to the
               liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated
               by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or
               the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation
               language in such filing.

Item .  9.01   FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

               (c) Exhibits

                   99.1: Press Release of Haemonetics Corporation dated 
                   January 31, 2005

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                                   SIGNATURES

    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                          (Registrant)

Date:  January 31, 2005                   By: /s/ Ronald J. Ryan
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                                              Ronald J. Ryan, Vice President and
                                              Chief Financial Officer

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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT NO.    SUBJECT MATTER
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99.1           Press Release of Haemonetics 
               Corporation dated January 31, 2005.

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