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I am not aware of whole blood cryostorage for use in transfusions after thawing from -196° C, can you please point me to the literature on this? What I could f

I am not aware of whole blood cryostorage for use in transfusions after thawing from -196° C, can you please point me to the literature on this? What I could find via Google searching referred to specimen cryopreservation at this liquid nitrogen-low temperature, and retrieval for future analysis and umbilical cord/placental banking for stem cell retrieval, but not for whole blood banking.

masklinn 12y ago
It's not whole-blood it's RBC: http://www.sanquin.nl/en/products-services/blood-products/sanquin-bank-of-frozen-blood/ http://www.sanquin.nl/en/products-services/blood-products/sa... AFAIK modern transfusions don't generally use whole-blood, and RBC are by far the most important component for rare blood types issue.