marvy1 Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 We are thinking about getting a blood washer for those rare times we may wish to wash or deglyc frozen blood. Wondering if anyone can share their opinion as to what I should be looking at? I have used an old COBE before somewhere else and it seemed to work ok, but curious about the Haemonetics washer and others? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csjuarez Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 If washing blood is a rare occurence (as it should be!) then it wouldn't seem to me to be worth the expense as well as the time and effort for validation and QC to get one. (Unless you're at a blood center, in which case you probably do need to have one!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvy1 Posted February 23, 2009 Author Share Posted February 23, 2009 We are a larger hospital but 6 hours away from our blood center. Occasionally, we get IgA deficient patients or (more commonly) pregnant females with high incidence antibodies. Would like the ability to receive rare frozen units from our supplier and only thaw and deglyc if required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adiescast Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 So, do you have appropriate monitored storage for a frozen blood unit? Would you be able to maintain competency in the deglycerolyzation procedure? What about maintaining the fluids required - they all have expirations...Just some things to think about before jumping in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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