Whole Blood and Blood Components Storage Temperatures and Dating Periods
A | B | C |
Product | Storage temperature | Dating period |
Whole Blood | ||
ACD, CPD, CP2D | Between 1 and 6 °C | 21 days from date of collection. |
CPDA-1 | do1 | 35 days from date of collection. |
Red Blood Cells | ||
ACD, CPD, CP2D | Between 1 and 6 °C | 21 days from date of collection. |
CPDA-1 | do | 35 days from date of collection. |
Additive solutions | do | 42 days from date of collection. |
Open system (e.g., deglycerolized, washed) | do | 24 hours after entering bag. |
Deglycerolized in closed system with additive solution added | do | 14 days after entering bag. |
Irradiated | do | 28 days from date of irradiation or original dating, whichever is shorter. |
Frozen | -65 °C or colder | 10 years from date of collection. |
Platelets | ||
Platelets | Between 20 and 24 °C | 5 days from date of collection. |
Platelets | Other temperatures according to storage bag instructions | As specified in the instructions for use by the blood collection, processing and storage system approved or cleared for such use by FDA. |
Plasma | ||
Fresh Frozen Plasma | -18 °C or colder | 1 year from date of collection. |
Plasma Frozen Within 24 Hours After Phlebotomy | do | 1 year from date of collection. |
Plasma Frozen Within 24 Hours After Phlebotomy Held at Room Temperature Up To 24 Hours After Phlebotomy | do | 1 year from date of collection. |
Plasma Cryoprecipitate Reduced | do | 1 year from date of collection. |
Plasma | do | 5 years from date of collection. |
Liquid Plasma | Between 1 and 6 °C | 5 days from end of Whole Blood dating period. |
Source Plasma (frozen injectable) | -20 °C or colder | 10 years from date of collection. |
Source Plasma Liquid (injectable) | 10 °C or colder | According to approved biologics license application. |
Source Plasma (noninjectable) | Temperature appropriate for final product | 10 years from date of collection. |
Therapeutic Exchange Plasma | -20 °C or colder | 10 years from date of collection. |
Cryoprecipitated AHF | ||
Cryoprecipitated AHF | -18 °C or colder | 1 year from date of collection of source blood or from date of collection of oldest source blood in pre-storage pool. |
Source Leukocytes | ||
Source Leukocytes | Temperature appropriate for final product | In lieu of expiration date, the collection date must appear on the label. |
1 The abbreviation "do." for ditto is used in the table to indicate that the previous line is being repeated.
21 C.F.R. §610.53