Commercially available blood storage containers

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-13

  Prowse, C V ^a   de Korte, D ^b   Hess, J R ^c   van der Meer, P F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL LABORATORY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocompatibility; Blood storage containers; Di 2 ethylhexyl phthalate; Plasticizers; Polyvinyl chloride

Indexed keywords

BUTYRYL TRI(HEXYL)CITRATE; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PLASTICIZER; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; THROMBOCYTE CONCENTRATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BLOOD COMPONENT; BLOOD STORAGE; BLOOD STORAGE CONTAINER; CONTAINER; ERYTHROCYTE PRESERVATION; GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICE; PATHOGEN REDUCTION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SHELF LIFE; THROMBOCYTE PRESERVATION;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS; DI-2-ETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; PLASTICIZERS; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE;

BLOOD PLATELETS; BLOOD PRESERVATION; DIETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; ERYTHROCYTES; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PLASMA; PLASTICIZERS; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; PRODUCT PACKAGING;

EID: 84890788732     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: 14230410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/vox.12084     Document Type: Review

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