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An assessor told me this last week. We'll probably find out more on the AABB web site.

We use FP24 interchangebly with FFP except we do not use it for neonates. We extend the outdate to 5 days post thaw. It, like FFP, then becomes thawed plasma. Today I found out that we have to send a letter to FDA (like the ISBT 128 letter), but that's all the information I have right now.

We validate one of each size/brand. Our coolers are just for transport so we use 1-10C. We also make sure the ice packs have a standardized weight. We check the coolers over a 12 hour period (hourly) using expired units to test the coolers. We buy the thermometers in the bottles as we were getting too much breakage with thermometers in plastic bags. We also have room temperature coolers (20-24C) for platelets, usually for the storage in the O.R.