These data suggest thrombin generation is relatively unaltered when RTFP24 is thawed and stored for 6 days, and that the supernatant of PC has significant haemostatic capacity.

The data suggest that the shelf life of manually washed RBCs could be extended to 14 days if stored in SAGM instead of saline.

MB-cryo contained a significantly higher content of FVIII and lower content of FXIII when compared to AS-cryo, with no difference in fibrinogen activity.

There was no evidence that using washed leucodepleted red cells reduced patient HLA sensitization rates. Washing leucodepleted red cells is unlikely to reduce the risk of HLA sensitization due to the limited effect on residual leukocytes.

These data suggest that the quality of these components may be improved by storage in AS-7 compared with SAGM.