FROZEN BLOOD

Use of frozen blood.

Frozen blood is most easily and economically prepared using high glycerol (40 percent). Storage is at —80° in a mechanical freezer. Thawing must be rapid and washing can be carried out with low electrolyte sugar solutions and agglomeration or with high electrolyte solutions and continuous flow centrif­ ugation. These processed cells have many advantages not found in raw routinely stored blood. ...

Maintenance of Anopheles albimanus on frozen blood.

Electromagnetic Heating in a Model of Frozen Red Blood Cells

Australian experience with frozen blood products on military operations.

Historically, the Australian Defence Force (ADF) has sourced all its blood supplies from the Australian Red Cross Blood Service. Recent ADF operations in the Middle East have highlighted a need to rely on other nations' blood supply systems. In 2008, the ADF embedded a surgical and intensive care team into the Netherlands-led forward health facility at the Uruzgan Medical Centre at Tarin Kowt i...

Cation flux and electrolyte composition of frozen-deglycerolized blood.