Table 2.
Pre-filtration characteristics of the red cell units
| Type of filtration | Temp | No of bags | Pre Filtration Mean Counts |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wt (gm) | Vol (ml) | HCT (%) | Red cell Vol | TLC (/μl) | Platelet (x103/μl) | |||
| Prestorage Immugard III (Terumo Penpol) | 22°C | 50 | 210.7 | 198.7 | 68.9 | 136.9 | 11250 | 191.4 |
| Prestorage BPF-4 (Pall Medical) | 22°C | 50 | 207.1 | 195.4 | 68.4 | 133.5 | 10600 | 174.9 |
| Prestorage Immugard III (Terumo Penpol) | 4°C | 50 | 211.1 | 199.2 | 69.1 | 137.6 | 12057 | 184.2 |
| Prestorage BPF-4 (Pall Medical) | 4°C | 50 | 208.9 | 197.1 | 67.7 | 133.4 | 8694 | 192.7 |
| Bedside Immugard III (Terumo Penpol) | 22°C | 50 | 212.5 | 201.5 | 68.2 | 137.4 | 9355 | 196.2 |
| Bedside (Pall Medical) | 22°C | 50 | 209.7 | 197.9 | 67.8 | 134.1 | 9384 | 206.8 |
| Bedside Immugard III (Terumo Penpol) | 4°C | 50 | 205.8 | 194.2 | 68.2 | 132.5 | 10550 | 213.8 |
| Bedside (Pall Medical) | 4°C | 50 | 203.5 | 191.9 | 66.6 | 127.9 | 9560 | 185.1 |