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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) October 27, 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             (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 October 27, 2005 Haemonetics Corporation (the "Company") issued a press
release announcing financial results for the second quarter and six months ended
October 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 October 27, 2005 announcing
financial results for the second quarter and six months ended October 1, 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.

                                                  HAEMONETICS CORPORATION
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                                                  (Registrant)


Date:  October 27, 2005                           /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 October 27, 2005.

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