Trends in exploitation of packed red blood cells.

The following trends aim to a more efficient exploitation of packed red blood cells (PRBC): 1. Improvement of the operative distribution of PRBCs for transfusions before expiration. 2.

Haemoglobin lyophilized with sucrose: the effect of residual moisture on storage.

Sucrose is one of the most effective substances which protect haemoglobin from spontaneous methaemoglobin formation during lyophilization and subsequent storage. The dry haemoglobin-sucrose system was treated under different conditions of temperature (up to 85 degrees C), time of storage (up to 6 years) and residual moisture (less than 0.1-7.