Red cell properties after different modes of blood transportation

Makhro, Asya; Huisjes, Rick; Verhagen, Liesbeth P; Mañú-Pereira, María Del Mar; Llaudet-Planas, Esther; Petkova-Kirova, Polina; Wang, Jue; Eichler, Hermann; Bogdanova, Anna; van Wijk, Richard; Vives-Corrons, Joan-Lluís; Kaestner, Lars

doi:10.5167/uzh-125293

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Makhro, A., Huisjes, R., Verhagen, L. P., Mañú-Pereira, M. D. M., Llaudet-Planas, E., Petkova-Kirova, P., Wang, J., Eichler, H., Bogdanova, A., van Wijk, R., Vives-Corrons, J.-L., & Kaestner, L. (2016). Red cell properties after different modes of blood transportation. Frontiers in Physiology, 7, 288. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2016.00288

Abstract

Transportation of blood samples is unavoidable for assessment of specific parameters in blood of patients with rare anemias, blood doping testing, or for research purposes. Despite the awareness that shipment may substantially alter multiple parameters, no study of that extent has been performed to assess these changes and optimize shipment conditions to reduce transportation-related artifacts. Here we investigate the changes in multiple parameters in blood of healthy donors over 72 h of simulated shipment conditions. Three different