%0 Journal Article
%T Metabolic effects occurring in irradiated and non-irradiated red blood cellular components for clinical transfusion practice: An in vitro comparison
%A Arthur R. Bird
%A Faieqa Adams
%A Gregory R.M. Bellairs
%A Oluwafemi O. Oguntibeju
%J Archive of "African Journal of Laboratory Medicine".
%D 2018
%R 10.4102/ajlm.v7i1.606
%X Storage lesions occur in red blood cell products when potassium ions, haemoglobin and lactate dehydrogenase are released into the extracellular plasma due to post-irradiation storage or cellular degeneration. The South African blood transfusion establishments do not comply with the universal leucocyte-reduction policy due to cost and the current HIV pandemic. Various studies regarding storage lesions have been completed in well-developed countries but not in Cape Town, South Africa
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6295826/