Washing platelets twice with a bicarbonated Ringer's solution significantly reduces plasma protein levels while maintaining platelet quality

Transfus Apher Sci. 2016 Dec;55(3):344-346. doi: 10.1016/j.transci.2016.09.013. Epub 2016 Sep 28.

Authors

Shinji Oikawa¹, Masayoshi Minegishi², Kimika Endo², Wataru Kawashima², Satoshi Kosunago², Hiroyuki Murokawa², Ko Suzuki³, Hiroshi Shimizu²

Affiliations

¹ Japanese Red Cross Tohoku Block Blood Center, Sendai, Japan. Electronic address: s-oikawa@th.bbc.jrc.or.jp.
² Japanese Red Cross Tohoku Block Blood Center, Sendai, Japan.
³ Japanese Red Cross Central Blood Institute, Tokyo, Japan.

PMID: 27742268
DOI: 10.1016/j.transci.2016.09.013

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Blood Platelets / drug effects*
Blood Proteins / isolation & purification*
Humans
Isotonic Solutions / pharmacology*
Specimen Handling / methods*

Substances

Blood Proteins
Isotonic Solutions
bicarbonated Ringer's solution