Journal article
Conversion to the buffy coat method and quality of frozen plasma derived from whole blood donations in Canada
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Canada converted from the platelet-rich plasma (PRP) method to the buffy coat (BC) method of processing whole blood donations between 2006 and 2008. We measured coagulation variables in plasma units during this transition, in 2006 (PRP only), 2007 (BC and PRP), and 2008 (BC only) to test the hypothesis that this conversion would not affect frozen plasma (FP) quality.
STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: Fresh-frozen plasma (FFP; frozen within …
Authors
Sheffield WP; Bhakta V; Jenkins C; Devine DV
Journal
Transfusion, Vol. 50, No. 5, pp. 1043–1049
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
May 2010
DOI
10.1111/j.1537-2995.2009.02555.x
ISSN
0041-1132