title: The large scale use of frozen blood by the hospital blood bank.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: D001771:Blood Banks; D001793:Blood Preservation; D001804:Blood Transfusion, Autologous; D005615:Freezing; D006757:Hospital Units; D006801:Humans; D011786:Quality Control