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New Solution for Preserving Red Blood Cells
Charles Marwick
JAMA. 1998;280:1815-1816.
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A NEW WAY to preserve red blood cells has been developed that extends their viability from the current 6 weeks to 9 weeks. If the method takes hold, it will make a big difference in the logistics of the US blood supply, said COL John R. Hess, MC, USA, commander of the Blood Research Detachment at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, DC, in a recent interview. Hess developed the procedure with Tibor J. Greenwalt, MD, who is director of research at Hoxworth Blood Center, part of the University of Cincinnati, in Ohio.
The New Approach
The two investigators have designed a solution in which to store red blood cells using the current standard ingredients but in a different combination.
"We're doing three things to prolong the red cell viability," said Hess. "We increased the volume of the storage solutions from 100 mL to 200 mL—the fish . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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