title: Completely converting a blood service region to the use of safer plasma.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Three types of plasma are widely available for transfusion. Two plasma components, FFP donor retested (FFP-DR), and solvent/detergent-treated plasma (SDP), are now considered to be safer from infectious complications than FFP.
  
  
  METHODS
  A large regional blood center attempted to provide FFP-DR exclusively to all its 42 hospitals. Significant planning, increases in computer capabilities, and expansion of component storage areas were completed before initiation of this program.
  
  
  RESULTS
  During the first 6 months of the FFP-DR program, the blood center was not able to supply the entire region exclusively with FFP-DR. Consequently, SDP was utilized to supplement the program and to successfully and completely convert the region's 42 hospitals to the use of safer plasma.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Two new plasma components were utilized to completely convert a blood service region to the use of safer plasma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University. Indianapolis 46202-5283, USA.
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: McCarthy
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Danielson
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Rothenberger
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Parker
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Weidner
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Miraglia
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Matus
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Waxman
mesh_terms: D001771:Blood Banks / Q000458:organization & administration*; D001782:Blood Donors; D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000592:standards; D003257:Consumer Product Safety / Q000592:standards; D003902:Detergents / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D007196:Indiana; D010949:Plasma / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D003902:Detergents