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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) July 27, 2006

                             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          (I.R.S. Employer
          of incorporation)              File Number)        Identification No.)

                      400 Wood Road                                 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 July 27, 2006 Haemonetics Corporation (the "Company") issued a press release
announcing financial results for the first quarter ended July 1, 2006. 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

(d)    Exhibits

99.1:  Press Release of Haemonetics Corporation dated July 27, 2006 announcing
financial results for the first quarter ended July 1, 2006.

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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.


                                                 HAEMONETICS CORPORATION
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                                                 (Registrant)

Date: July 27, 2006                              /s/ Ronald J. Ryan
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                                                 Ronald J. Ryan, Vice President
                                                 and Chief Financial Officer

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99.1    Press Release issued by Haemonetics Corporation on July 27, 2006.

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