The large scale use of frozen blood by the hospital blood bank.
The large scale use of frozen blood has become practical and economical. Inventory control can be mastered. Components are derived as a by-product. An autologous blood transfusion program can be successfully developed. Frozen blood is available for transplantation patients. tover 25,000 units of frozen-thawed erythrocytes have been given without an allergic, anaphylactoid, or febrile reaction. In the future the majority of red blood cell transfusions may be given as frozen-thawed erythrocytes supplemented by washed refrigerated blood with optimal 2,3 DPG levels.
D001771:Blood Banks; D001793:Blood Preservation; D001804:Blood Transfusion, Autologous; D005615:Freezing; D006757:Hospital Units; D006801:Humans; D011786:Quality Control