Proposed standardization of methods for determining the 24‐hour survival of stored red cells

G Moroff, PR Sohmer, LN Button - Transfusion, 1984 - Wiley Online Library
G Moroff, PR Sohmer, LN Button
Transfusion, 1984Wiley Online Library
Two methods of determining the survival of stored red cells are described: one using a
double label and one using a single label. It is not suggested that one is superior, but rather
both methods are presented in the hope that the personnel of laboratories engaged in
determining the effectiveness of anticoagulant‐preservation will follow one of the protocols
presented. Were this to occur, many of the interlaboratory variations that have decreased the
value of data from red cell survival studies would be decreased.
Two methods of determining the survival of stored red cells are described: one using a double label and one using a single label. It is not suggested that one is superior, but rather both methods are presented in the hope that the personnel of laboratories engaged in determining the effectiveness of anticoagulant‐preservation will follow one of the protocols presented. Were this to occur, many of the interlaboratory variations that have decreased the value of data from red cell survival studies would be decreased.
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