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Microfluidic Flow Chambers Using Reconstituted Blood to Model Hemostasis and Platelet Transfusion In Vitro
Published on: March 19, 2016
Storage and handling of blood components – perspectives
Tor Hervig1, Silje Helland Kaada2, Jerard Seghatchian3
1Department of Immunology and Transfusion Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway; Institute of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
Abstract:
The storage and handling conditions of cellular blood components and plasma are often rigorous, which is causing extensive discard of components that may be of acceptable quality as the rules for “out of optimal storage conditions” seem to be based more on tradition than scientific investigations. This short review summarizes some of the key papers indicating that it should be time for reconsideration of these rules, and some new suggestions are carefully indicated. Red cell concentrates, platelet concentrates and FFP are considered;lyophilized plasma and never-frozen liquid plasma are not included in this paper.
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