Quality and safety of red blood cells stored in two additive solutions subjected to multiple room temperature exposures

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 239-246

  de Grandmont, M J ^a   Ducas, E ^a   Girard, M ^a   Methot M ^a,b   Brien, M ^a,b   Thibault, L ^a,b  

^a HÉMA QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

30 minute rule; Bacterial growth in RBCs; Red blood cell quality; Storage lesions; Temperature deviations

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; AS3 ADDITIVE SOLUTION; GLUCOSE; MANNITOL; PRESERVATION SOLUTION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE LIFESPAN; ERYTHROCYTE PRESERVATION; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCT SAFETY; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE VALUE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SERRATIA LIQUEFACIENS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SHORT TIME EXPOSURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD STORAGE; CRYOPRESERVATION; ERYTHROCYTE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; SAFETY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE;

BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD PRESERVATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; MANNITOL; SAFETY; SERRATIA LIQUEFACIENS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOLUTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84921747903     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: 14230410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/vox.12154     Document Type: Article

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