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Storage of whole blood for up to 24 hours at ambient temperature before component preparation: implementation in the
1Sanquin Blood Bank North West Region, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. rnipietersz@gmail.com
Transfusion
|January 13, 2011
Abstract:
The aim of this article is to reflect on the historical background on what urged the authors in the 1980s to investigate the prolonged storage of whole blood at ambient temperature before component preparation, the routine implementation of the method in the Netherlands, and the effect on logistics and plasma procurement.

