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Banked Blood Microfiltration II. DACRON‐WOOL MICROFILTER
Author(s) -
Guidoin R. G.,
Gilchrist T.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
british journal of haematology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.907
H-Index - 186
eISSN - 1365-2141
pISSN - 0007-1048
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2141.1976.tb03578.x
Subject(s) - microfiltration , debris , medicine , surgery , blood conservation , blood transfusion , chemistry , membrane , biochemistry , oceanography , geology
S ummary . It is well established that debris tends to accumulate in banked blood, the amount of debris increasing with storage time. If such a blood is transfused to a patient, it will be filtered by the capillary network of the lungs and could cause various intensities of microemboli. These can be prevented by microfiltration—the Swank IL200 transfusion filter made of Dacron wool is perfectly suitable. It removes more than 70% of the debris 29‐100 μm size from four blood units and its efficiency for particle removal is greatly increased by lactate priming.