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Storage of Blood Components: Further Reading

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  1. Brecker, M. E. Technical Manual, 14th ed. Bethesda, MD: AABB Press, 2002: 170-175, 180-182.
  2. Canadian Blood Services, Circular of Information for the Use of Human Blood and Blood Components, 2002.
  3. Canadian Standards Association, CSA-Z902-04, Blood and Blood Components, 2004.
  4. Mollison, P.L., Engelfriet C.P., Contreras, M. Blood Transfusion in Clinical Medicine, 10th ed. Blackwell Science Ltd, Oxford, 1997: 290-300, 462-463.
  5. Popovsky, M.A. ed. Transfusion Reactions, 2nd ed, Bethesda MD: AABB Press, 2001: 55-57, 147-148.
  6. Petz, L.D., ed., Kleinman, S., ed., Swisher, S.N., ed., Spence, R.K., ed., Strauss, R.G. ed., Clinical Practice of Transfusion Medicine, 3rd ed. New York: Churchill Livingstone, Inc.: 1996.
  7. Rossi, E.D., ed., Simon T.L., ed., Moss, G.S., ed., Gould, S.A., ed., Principles of Transfusion Medicine, 2nd ed. Baltimore, MD: Williams and Wilkins, 1996: 51-60, 245-256.
  8. Tinmouth A, Chin-Yee I. The clinical consequences of the red cell storage lesion. Transfus Med Rev. 2001 Apr.;15(2):91-107.
  9. Hyllner, M., Tylman M., Bengston J.P., Rydberg L., Bengtsson A. Complement Activation in prestorage leucocyte-filtered plasma. Transfus Med 2004. Feb; 14 (1): 45-52.
  10. Blajchman M.A., Goldman M., Bueza F. Improving the bacteriological safety of platelet transfusions. Transfus Med Rev. 2004. Jan; 18 (1): 11-24.
  11. Lockwood W.B., Hudgens R.W., Szymanski I.0., Teno R.A., Gray N.D., Effects of rejuvenation and frozen storage on 42-day-old AS-3 RBC’s. Transfusion. 2003. Nov; 43 (11) 1527-32.
  12. Blajchman M.A., Goldman M. Bacterial contamination of Platelet Concentrates: Incidence, Significance and Prevention. Seminars in Hematology Vol 38, No. 4, Suppl 11 (October), 2001: 20-36.
  13. Gulliksson H. Defining the optimal storage conditions for the long-term storage of platelets. Transfus Med Rev. 2003 Jul; 17 (3): 209-15.
  14. Rock G., Maltzon C., Alhartoi A., Giulivi A., Palmer D., Bormanis J. Automated collection of blood components: their storage and transfusion. Transfus Med. 2003 Aug, 13 (4): 219-25.
  15. Dumont L.J., VandenBroeke T., Seven-day storage of apheresis platelets: report of an in vitro study. Transfusion. 2003 Feb; 43 (2): 143-50.
  16. Biedler A.E., Schneider S.O., Seyfert U., Rensing H., Grenner S., Girndt M., Bauer I., Bauer M. Impact of alloantigens and storage-associated factors on stimulated cytokine response in an in vitro model of blood transfusion. Anaethesiology. 2002 Nov, 97 (5): 1102-9.
  17. Hunter S., Nixon J., Murphy S. The effect of the interruption of agitation on platelet quality during storage for transfusion. Transfusion. 2001 Jun; 41 (6): 809-14.
  18. Hogman C.F. Storage of Blood Components. Curr Opin Hematol. 1999 Nov; (6): 427-31.
  19. Vamvakas E.C., Carven J.H. Transfusion and postoperative pneumonia in coronary artery bypass graft surgery: effect of the length of storage of transfused red cells. Transfusion. 1999 Jul; 39 (&): 701-10.
  20. Muylle L. The role of cytokines in blood transfusion reactions. Blood Rev. 1995 Jun; 9 (2): 77-83.

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