A quality monitoring program for red blood cell components: in vitro quality indicators before and after implementation of semiautomated processing

Canadian Blood Services has been conducting quality monitoring of red blood cell (RBC) components since 2005, a period spanning the implementation of semiautomated component production. The aim was to compare the quality of RBC components produced before and after this production method change.

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