What is Recovered Plasma?

It is the byproduct of platelet concentrate or cryoprecipitate production.   However, it can be also prepared directly from whole blood. You can think of it like the leftover after all other products have been made.

Other name it can go by:

• Salvage plasma
• or just simply - Plasma

Who would use this product?

1. Manufacture used it to make plasma fractionation products like:
• Plasma protein fraction (PPF)
• Normal serum albumin (NSA)
• Immune serum globulin (ISG)
• Testing reagents
2. Patient used it as volume expanders for treatment of stable clotting factor deficiencies.  However, there are much safer products available now that this is generally not used for that purpose anymore.

Production and Storage:

• Plasma is produce from whole blood. It is made from removing the plasma from cells any time during the normal dating period and up to 5 days after the unit expired.
• Plasma is then stored at -18C or cooler and must be frozen within 6 hours of the split. 
• Plasma shelf life is 5 years after the date of collection.

Note:     FFP that expired after 12 months in storage can be converted to frozen plasma.

• Liquid plasma is made in the same manner, except it is stored at 1-6C and not frozen.   It can be transfused up to 5 days after the expiration date of the whole blood.