Lipemic RBC units - when to quarantine

[jhaig]

I'm having trouble finding information on when to quarantine an RBC unit when lipemia is seen in the plasma. If a unit is grossly lipemic, I will not issue that unit to a patient. I realize that lipemic patient specimens can cause difficulties in reading serologic results, but what difficulties do lipemic units present?

[YorkshireExile]

We simply remove all the plasma and add additive solution. Whether red cells are affected in any way I`m not sure. Anyone know?

[L106]

I didn't think the red cells were affected (but this isn't my area of expertise.) (P.S. I didn't mean to imply that I had any area of expertise!)