The effects of pneumatic tube transport on fresh and stored platelets in additive solution.

Background: Limited scientific work has been conducted on potential in vitro effects of transport on pneumatic tube systems on blood components, in particular platelets.

Materials And Methods: To evaluate the possible effects of the Swisslog TranspoNet system on the cellular, metabolic, phenotypic and secreting properties of fresh and stored platelets, we set up a four-arm paired study comparing transported and non-transported platelets. Platelets were aliquoted, prepared with the OrbiSac system and suspended in 70% SSP+ (n=8).