Blood Products Breakdown

Fresh Whole Blood Fresh Whole Blood Fresh Whole Blood (Within 6 hours of collection) (Within 6 hours of collection) (Within 6 hours of collection)

Store at 1-6°C Store at -18°C Store at 1-6°C Never cooled or Store at 1-6°C Store at -18°C or lower refrigerated or lower

Packed Red Fresh Frozen Packed Red Platelet Rich Packed Red Fresh Frozen Blood Cells Plasma Blood Cells Plasma Blood Cells Plasma (Shelf life depends on (Shelf life depends on (6 hour shelf life) (Shelf life depends on preservative) preservative) preservative) If thawed or past 1 year collection

Frozen Cryoprecipitate Cryopoor (Good for 1 year from (Good for 5 years from Plasma collection date) collection date)

Fresh Whole Blood (Within 6 hours of collection) Fresh Frozen Plasma Cryoprecipitate For: Anemia, Coagulopathy, Thrombocytopenia (Good for 1 year from collection date) (Good for 1 year from collection date) Has: All clotting factors, plasma proteins, RBC's, oncotic For: Coagulopathy – All factor deficiencies, For: Hemophilia A patients, Von Willebrand disease Hypoproteinemia proteins (albumin), electrolytes and platelets Has: Factors VIII and XIII, vWF, fibringen Has: All clotting factors, plasma proteins Stored Whole Blood (3 week shelf life) Cryopoor For: Anemia and Coagulopathy Platelet Rich Plasma (6 hour shelf life) (Good for 5 years from collection date) Has: Plasma proteins, RBC’s, some clotting factors, oncotic For: Thrombocytopenia For: Hypoproteinemia, Hemophilia B and Coagulopathies such as Vitamin K inhibiting toxicities proteins (albumin), electrolytes, and after 6 hours of Has: All clotting factors, plasma proteins, platelets collection, significant loss of Factors V, VIII and vWF Has: Plasma proteins and all of the other clotting factors and platelets become non-viable once refrigerated Frozen Plasma (including II, VII, IX and X) (Good for 5 years from collection date. If thawed or past Packed Red Blood Cells 1 year of collection, significant loss of Factors V, VIII and Notes on Defrosting (Shelf life depends on preservative) vWF activity) • Water temperature should not exceed 37˚C For: Symptomatic deficit of oxygen carrying capacity due For: Hypoproteinemia, Hemophilia B and Coagulopathies in warm water bath. to red blood cell loss, without substantial hypovolemia such as Vitamin K inhibiting toxicities • After blood product is 50% defrosted, you or coagulopathy Has: Some clotting factors, plasma proteins should not re-freeze, expires in 24 hours.