"In vitro Evaluation of the Effects of Transportation and Storage on Platelet Concentrates."

According to the authors' abstract of an article published in Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, "Platelets may be activated and become acidic during transportation and storage, resulting in poor post-transfusion platelet survival and recovery. In this study, we evaluated the current local shipment protocol for platelet concentrates and the storage technique used at the National Taiwan University Hospital. Platelet concentrates were transported routinely in cardboard boxes at ambient temperature. They were then stored in an agitator at 20(degree)C to 24(degree)C in the blood bank. We measured changes in beta-thromboglobulin, pH, platelet distribution width (PDW) and platelet...

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