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Prepared by: <br />Adopted: <br />Supersedes: <br />POLICY REVIEW <br />Mark G. Koenig, M.S., M.T. (ASCP) <br />5/25/90 <br />N/A <br />Section: 1.125 <br />Reviewed <br />Reviewed <br />Revised 5/2/91 RF <br />4/8/92 MK <br />9/15/92 MK <br />STORAGE & DISPOSAL OF BLOOD COMPONENTS <br />Laboratory & Surgery) <br />Blood Storage in the Laboratory <br />1. Blood, blood components, reagents and patient/donor specimens will be stored <br />in the Transfusion Service refrigerators at a temperature between 1-6° C. <br />which is continuously monitored. <br />2. Fresh frozen plasma and cryoprecipitate will be stored frozen, preferably at <br />-30° C. or below but not above -18° C. The temperature will be continuously <br />monitored. <br />3. Platelet concentrate is stored at room temperature (20-24° C.; continuously <br />monitored) and requires continuous gentle agitation throughout the storage <br />period which is limited to 120 hours. <br />4. All storage areas will be labeled to facilitate identification/inspection of <br />blood and components (i.e., blood types, groups, crossmatch, rejected or <br />quarantined, etc.). <br />5. All specimen tubes will be stoppered for storage purposes. <br />6. Refrigerator and freezer temperatures will be monitored and maintained daily <br />by means of the appropriate recording and alarm devices specified in Section <br />II of this manual. <br />7. Blood that has been issued and returned unopened within 30 minutes can be <br />accepted for storage. Blood units that have been opened for any reason will <br />be assigned a 24-hour expiration time. <br />8. Storage of recipient samples is maintained for fourteen (14) days following <br />transfusion. <br />It is not necessary to retain blood bags. Two segments of donor blood <br />samples are removed from the bag when blood is released for transfusion. <br />These segments are placed in a labeled tube which is stored in a special rack <br />for seven (7) days. <br />Blood Storage for Surgery <br />Blood for cardiovascular and other surgery cases which have an increased likeli- <br />hood of extensive bleeding and/or subsequent massive transfusion may be requested <br />by the anesthesiologist and is delivered to the Operating Room in an ice chest <br />using ice blocks to maintain temperature at 10-60 C. Temperature is monitored <br />with irreversible blood temperature tags (Nemotemp II) and a thermometer. The <br />ice chest must be labeled in accordance with labeling policies and the TSIS iden- <br />tification number prominently displayed on the outside of the chest. A second <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />