title: Storage of whole blood for up to 24 hours at ambient temperature before component preparation: implementation in the Netherlands.
abstract: The aim of this article is to reflect on the historical background on what urged the authors in the 1980s to investigate the prolonged storage of whole blood at ambient temperature before component preparation, the routine implementation of the method in the Netherlands, and the effect on logistics and plasma procurement.
authors.affiliation: Sanquin Blood Bank North West Region, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. rnipietersz@gmail.com
authors.forename: R N I
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Pietersz
mesh_terms: D001771:Blood Banks / Q000266:history; D001781:Blood Component Removal / Q000379:methods*; D001793:Blood Preservation / Q000266:history / Q000379:methods*; D005169:Factor VIII / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005340:Fibrinogen / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006467:Hemophilia A / Q000628:therapy; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D009426:Netherlands; D013696:Temperature; D013997:Time Factors; D038301:Virus Inactivation; D000094902:Blood Banking / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: C026912:cryoprecipitate coagulum; D005169:Factor VIII; D005340:Fibrinogen