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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)        November 1, 2004

                             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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    (17 CFR 230.425)

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    Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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Item. 2.02 RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

      On November 1, 2004 Haemonetics Corporation (the "Company") issued a press
      release announcing financial results for the second quarter ended October
      2, 2004. 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 November 1, 2004



                                   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: October 31, 2004     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

99.1                     Press Release of Haemonetics Corporation
                         dated November 1, 2004.


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