The effect of blood cooling prior to granulocyte collection.
A study was designed to test the hypothesis that cooling blood before it enters a continuous-flow blood cell separator would result in increased granulocyte yields. Fifty-four granulocyte collections performed with cooling were compared with 58 collections performed on alternate days in the same donors. In blood cooled to 15 degrees C we were unable to demonstrate improved yields of granulocytes.
D001769:Blood; D002469:Cell Separation / Q000379:methods*; D003080:Cold Temperature; D006098:Granulocytes / Q000166:cytology*; D006801:Humans; D007937:Leukapheresis; D013997:Time Factors