Our facility has a 24 hour expiration date for thawed FFP at present. I am considering changing it to either 3 or 5 days for thawed plasma for selected usage. Also, we currently pool thawed FFP into 1L bags for our TPE's with a 24 hour outdate (open system). If we extend the outdate on the thawed plasma I may reconsider pooling the product for TPE's, or pool immediately before issue to ensure optimum shelf life of the product. If we decide not to pool we may be able to send the thawed plasma back to our supplier for credit if another local facility may be able to use the product. We are a fairly small hospital, approx 110 beds.

Wondering about others that have extended the dating on thawed plasma as far as what selected usage do you cite in SOP and how do you monitor that it is used appropriately?

Also do you pool the thawed plasma for TPE's or not?

Thanks,

Sandy Rothenberger

Transfusion Service Supervisor

SouthBayHospital

Sun City Center, FL

We do not pool thawed plasma for TPE?

When we changed thawed plasma expiration to 5 days..we took it to transfusion comm. and it was approved. We do not use 5day plasma for ped population all other patient we use thawed plasma up to 5 days. We keep 10 units(O, A, & thawed all the time and keep rotating them. Our wastage is almost zero since we changed to 5 day plasma.

When you thaw to 5 day expiration is the expiration time 120 hours from thaw, or at 23:59 on the expiration date?