TMGal 4 Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Hi Everyone. I have two questions today: 1. If you have a plasma thawer on site, what do you use as a back up? I have a site with a plasma thawer but nothing for back up - no second plasma thawer and no waterbath.....is AABB OK with a warm basin? Thoughts? 2. If you thaw apheresis plasma, how long does it take? Our policy states it should thaw within 30' but I am told this isn't long enough.....? Thanks........... Link to post Share on other sites
SMILLER 870 Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 We have a back-up procedure to use warm tap water - monitored by a thermometer. And we have found that the larger units of plasma do indeed take 35 minutes or longer to thaw. Scott Link to post Share on other sites
AMcCord 1,301 Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 1 hour ago, SMILLER said: We have a back-up procedure to use warm tap water - monitored by a thermometer. And we have found that the larger units of plasma do indeed take 35 minutes or longer to thaw. Scott Agree Link to post Share on other sites
David Saikin 1,452 Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 1 hour ago, SMILLER said: We have a back-up procedure to use warm tap water - monitored by a thermometer. And we have found that the larger units of plasma do indeed take 35 minutes or longer to thaw. Scott Me too. Link to post Share on other sites
TMGal 4 Posted July 16, 2018 Author Share Posted July 16, 2018 Thank you for the replies. Very helpful! Link to post Share on other sites
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