Key points
- St Nicholas Children’s Hospital in Lviv has received a plasma thawing device.
- The equipment will be used in the paediatric oncohaematology department.
- The plasma preparation time has been reduced from two hours to 15-25 minutes.
- The device allows up to four doses to be prepared simultaneously.
- The equipment was provided with the support of the NGO Evum.
The St Nicholas Children’s Hospital of the First Medical Association of Lviv has received a rapid plasma thawing device. The equipment was provided with the support of the NGO Evum.
The new device will be used in the paediatric oncohaematology department.
In paediatric oncology, fresh frozen plasma is used to correct clotting factor deficiencies and to treat coagulopathies (bleeding disorders). The speed of preparing the plasma is crucial for patients who require urgent medical care.
That is why it is extremely important to have a rapid plasma thawer on hand, which allows us to bring plasma to the required temperature in the shortest possible time and transfuse it to patients.
– paediatric oncologist-haematologist Vladyslav Selezen.
According to the medical team, the thawing process previously took between one and a half to two hours. It now takes 15-25 minutes.
The device preserves all vital plasma components and enables up to four doses to be prepared simultaneously for transfusion.
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