title: 5-day storage of single-donor platelets obtained using a blood cell separator.
abstract: Platelets were collected from normal donors via a blood cell separator (Fenwal CS-3000). Platelets were stored initially in two separate 1000-ml bags (average count per bag, 2.3 +/- 0.5 x 10(11)) in 100 ml of autologous plasma for 5 days. Little change in platelet count was noted after 5 days of storage; however, the white cell count fell from 5.1 +/- 1.7 x 10(9) at Time 0 to 3.4 +/- 2.3 x 10(9) per l at Day five. The initial lactate values were 32 +/- 11 mg per dl and rose to 165 +/- 28 mg per/dl by 5 days. Platelet aggregation was impaired both by the collection procedure and during storage: whereas the response to ADP of the donors' platelets before the procedure was 100 percent, samples taken from the product immediately after collection had only a 45 percent response, which fell to 12 percent by Day 5. Aggregation using epinephrine was similarly affected, with a 75 percent response after collection and 0 percent response by Day 5. The plasma beta-thromboglobulin (beta-TG) level was high, both after collection (5.0 micrograms/ml at Time 0) and after storage (11.0 micrograms/ml), indicating a considerable effect of collection on platelet alpha granule release. In vivo recovery of these platelets was very good at 67 +/- 6 percent, with an average survival of 7.3 +/- 1.4 days (multiple hit; n = 4).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Ottawa Centre Canadian Red Cross, Blood Transfusion Service, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rock
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tittley
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: McCombie
mesh_terms: D001781:Blood Component Removal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D001793:Blood Preservation / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D002469:Cell Separation / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D010974:Platelet Aggregation; D010976:Platelet Count; D017713:Platelet Transfusion; D010983:Plateletpheresis / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods