"Low platelet usage" haematology laboratories: To store or not to store?

In the UK, hospitals with annual platelet use of less than 500 pools, like our institution, usually do not store platelets on-site and these are only ordered from the national blood service (NBS) when a transfusion is required. In 2016, we piloted routine on-site storage of one pool of A RhD negativ...

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Main Authors: M Elmi, B Sirigireddy, J Abukar, D Tchipeva, N Chauhan, D A Tsitsikas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5683636?pdf=render