[The quality of platelet concentrates in dependence on storage time before pathogen inactivation].

Unlabelled: Pathogen inactivation procedure performed just before distribution of platelet concentrates (PCs) may decrease costs caused by loss of these components due to relatively short expiry date.

The Aim Of Study: To evaluate the quality of PCs pathogen inactivated on the first or the fifth day of storage.

Material And Methods: PCs preparated from buffy-coats were suspended in platelet additive solution (Intersol, Baxter Healthcare Corporation, Belgium).