In vitro quality parameters of whole blood-derived platelets pooled using two different platelet pooling sets and stored up to 7 days are similar.

Background: Increasing the number of collections of whole blood-derived platelets (WBDP) and lengthening the allowable storage time may alleviate platelet (PLT) shortages. There is a need for new PLT pooling sets that can provide acceptable quality on Day 7 of storage.

Study Design And Methods: This pool-and-split study compared WBDP prepared using the platelet-rich plasma method with the novel IMUGARD WB PLT pooling set and a control pooling set.