Precious platelets: The utility of cold-stored and cryopreserved platelets
The current storage temperature of platelets prepared by both pooled buffy coats and by apheresis is 22°C + 2°C (room temperature [RT]). The adverse microbiological and metabolic implications associated with RT storage have restricted the shelf life of platelets from 5 to 7 days. The proposed altern...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2020-01-01
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Series: | Global Journal of Transfusion Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://www.gjtmonline.com/article.asp?issn=2468-8398;year=2020;volume=5;issue=1;spage=17;epage=21;aulast=Javed |