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I validate our blood/blood product shipping containers, both AABB approved boxes and coolers twice a year. I validate them at room temperature and then also perform an extreme validation. During the summer, I don't have a problem finding a warm day. This past winter, when I was doing the extreme validations, we had some unusually warm temps those days. My QA dept. questioned my outside temp of 52F for a winter validation; claiming this was not an extreme validation. I am wondering if anyone else does an extreme validation during the winter and the summer and do you have specific temp ranges that your extreme validations must be performed in. Lisa

I want to start preparing pooled cryo to sell to our hospitals. Can anyone offer any advice on QC and Validating the process. I understand that most blood centers are pooling 5 random cryo per pool. Is anyone doing anything other than that?

Monique, I am researching the process of pre-pooled cryo. I am interested in your SOP and your validation studies. Could you please forward a copy of your SOP to me? I am also curious to know if you QC'd each individual unit or did you QC the pooled unit? Any help you can offer would be greatly appreciated. Lisa Dewey