TY - JOUR
AU - Monaghan, W., Patrick
AB - Abstract The currently accepted three-piece cardboard and Styrofoam Collins shipping box is successfully used by both civilian and military blood banks to transport blood components; however, storage of these large and bulky containers presents several logistical problems where space is limited. The collapsible plastic shipping container described in this study may be disassembled into four flattened pieces; therefore, storage space required for this system is greatly diminished. A study was conducted demonstrating that the small container with 8.2 lbs of wet ice maintained 2 units of packed red blood cells at 1–10°C in excess of 1 day. The large container with 16 pounds of wet ice maintained 8 units of packed red blood cells at 1–10°C in excess of 3 days. The capability of transporting red cell units at appropriate refrigerator temperature ranges, coupled with the assembly feature of the shipping container, is a valuable asset which military logisticians should explore. This content is only available as a PDF. Copyright ©, Association of Military Surgeons of U.S., 1987
TI - An Evaluation of a Collapsible Plastic Blood Shipping Container
JF - Military Medicine
DO - 10.1093/milmed/152.4.183
DA - 1987-04-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/an-evaluation-of-a-collapsible-plastic-blood-shipping-container-a0VK0CApKG
SP - 183
EP - 186
VL - 152
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -