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Red blood cell hemolysis during blood bank storage: using national quality management data to answer basic scientific questions.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20163690     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
BACKGROUND: Hemolysis of red blood cells (RBCs) during blood bank storage is the most obvious manifestation of RBC storage system failure. However, its analysis is made difficult because the largest source of interunit difference is donor specific. Availability of data from national blood systems on large numbers of RBC units used for internal quality control (QC) purposes and stored and processed in uniform ways permits statistical analysis. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: Measures of hemolysis during and at the end of storage on randomly selected donor units observed for QC purposes were obtained from four national blood systems. Groups of these measures from units that had undergone similar processing and storage were sorted to create histograms and the histograms were compared statistically. RESULTS: A total of 14,087 measures were obtained under seven storage conditions, including more than 12,000 measures made in a single country under four closely related conditions. Distributions of percent hemolysis are skewed normal and outliers are random. Additive solutions appear to be equivalent, except that the 42 mmol/L mannitol in AS-1 reduces hemolysis compared to conventional 30 mmol/L mannitol in saline, adenine, glucose, and mannitol. Increasing storage from 35 to 42 days increased measured hemolysis by 30% and leukoreduction decreased it by 53%. CONCLUSIONS: Large national data sets provide useful information about the distribution of hemolysis at the end of RBC storage. This information can aid blood storage system development and regulatory science.
Authors:
John R Hess; Rosemary L Sparrow; Pieter F van der Meer; Jason P Acker; Rebecca A Cardigan; Dana V Devine
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Transfusion     Volume:  49     ISSN:  1537-2995     ISO Abbreviation:  Transfusion     Publication Date:  2009 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-02-18     Completed Date:  2010-03-19     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0417360     Medline TA:  Transfusion     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  2599-603     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA. jhess@umm.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Blood Banks / standards*
Blood Preservation / methods*,  standards*
Databases, Factual
Erythrocyte Transfusion / standards*
Hemolysis*
Humans
Internationality
Leukocyte Reduction Procedures
National Health Programs
Quality Control
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Comment In:
Transfusion. 2009 Dec;49(12):2551-4   [PMID:  20163688 ]

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