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Improved blood safety measures from Pall can increase platelet availability

Bank, Miriam Hospital, and Associate Professor of Medicine, Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, presented the results of a study on extending the shelf life of platelets from 5 days to 7 days. Platelets outdate and are disposed of in about five days. This study examined the logistics and storage properties of whole blood derived pooled platelets stored in additive solution. The study showed that there was good in vitro function and preservation of the platelets to day seven based on all measures studied, with white blood cell counts and platelet yield similar to apheresis products.

There are currently about 2.1 million platelet transfusions in the U.S. annually. Platelets are the blood component responsible for blood clotting functions, and are typically diminished in patients undergoing chemotherapy, treatments related to organ transplant or victims of severe burns. They are essential blood products in times of emergency such as radiation exposure during an environmental or WMD event to a major disease outbreak, such as the recent events in Calcutta, India, which resulted in severe platelet shortage due to a simultaneous outbreak of multiple diseases (dengue hemorrhagic fever, malaria and typhoid).


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Contact: Marcia Katz
marcia_katz@pall.com
516-801-9128
Pall Corporation
17-Oct-2005


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