Do you store FFP beyond one year and up to 5 years of collection? If so, what is it called? We have always called it Banked Plasma, but for some reason this name no longer appears in the refs I have.

Thank you.

Hey Liz,

(The Night Owles are up.) I have never seen a unit of FFP that did not expire after one year (frozen). We recieve our FFP with a clear expiration which is usually within just one year of collection. I am currious to see other posts here.

We could be Owls or bats; I suppose the bats sleep at night unless disturbed.

Ooooooh no I have been practicing something that is old??!!!! That I inherited??!!! OMG, I shall wait for the other disturbing posts to come in... shame on me...

Is this not correct, we call it "Banked Plasma" (historically)...

"Plasma

a) Plasma removed from liquid whole blood between 24 hours after collection and up

to five days after the expiration of the whole blood unit

Product is stored frozen (see “Liquid Plasma” below) at < -18C for up to 5 years

(1) Note that FFP not used within 1 year can be re-labeled as “plasma” and kept

up to 5 years from original collection date. "

Yes, if you go to the Code of Federal Regulations, it is in the table under 610.53.c.

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2011-title21-vol7/xml/CFR-2011-title21-vol7-chapI-subchapF.xml

[TABLE=class: GPOTABLE]

[TR=class: ROW]

[TD=class: ENT]3. Plasma[/TD]

[TD=class: ENT]....[/TD]

[TD=class: ENT][/TD]

[TD=class: ENT]5 years from date of collection of source blood (−18 °C or colder).[/TD]

[/TR]

[/TABLE]

Thank you Heather!