Table 4.

Comparison between spray dried plasma and lyophilized plasma products

	Human plasma
Parameter	Spray Dried	Lyophilized
Particle size	Powder from droplets	Bulk material (no droplets)
Rate of formation	Few hours or less	One to several days
Reconstitution time	One to few minutes	Few minutes
Plasma source	Intended for single donor	Single or pooled donors
Autologous plasma	Easy to apply	Possible
Throughput	Low to medium	Medium to high
Equipment	Desk top	Mainframe
Production sites	Possibly many, distributed	Often few, centralized