Banked blood microfiltration. II. Dacron-wool microfilter.
It is well established that debris tends to accumulate in banked blood, the amount of debris increasing with storage time. If such a blood is transfused to a patient, it will be filtered by the capillary network of the lungs and could cause various intensities of microemboli. These can be prevented by microfiltration--the Swank IL200 transfusion filter made of Dacron wool is perfectly suitable. It removes more than 70% of the debris 29-100 mum size from four blood units and its  efficiency for particle removal is greatly increased by lactate priming.
D000818:Animals; D001771:Blood Banks; D001772:Blood Cell Count; D001792:Blood Platelets; D001793:Blood Preservation; D005374:Filtration / Q000295:instrumentation; D006400:Hematocrit; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D010316:Particle Size; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates; D014935:Wool
D006454:Hemoglobins; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates