Saturday April 17, 2010

Trivia: FFP (Fresh Frozen Plasma) can be stored/preserved for maximum of what time period?

Answer: 3 years

One study showed that an extended storage for up to 3 years at - 40 °C should be possible without clinically relevant loss of efficacy 1.

Fresh Frozen Plasma is the fluid portion of one unit of human blood that has been centrifuged, separated, and frozen solid usually at −18 °C within 8 hours of collection.

Long-Term Storage of Fresh Frozen Plasma at -40 °C. A Multicenter Study on the Stability of Labile Coagulation Factors over a Period of 3 Years - Infusion Therapy and Transfusion Medicine 2001;28:189-194