Blood Bag System

A combination of constituents in SAGM additive solution provides
optimum red Cell viability

Sodium Chloride provides isotonicity

Adenine maintains ATP for red cell viability

Glucose supports red cell metabolism

Mannitol helps reduce red cell lysis

SAGM additive solution benefits Blood Banks, Transfusion Services and
Patients in several ways :

	Allows preparation of RBC units with a final hematocrit of about 60%
	Increase plasma yield for optimum production of platelets, plasma and cryoprecipitate, reduces metabolic burden to patients because of reduced glucose load
	Extends red cell dating for utilization in predeposit autologous blood program
	Improves inventory management with 42-day red cell storage
	Increase flow rates for easier transfusion and eliminates predilution of red cells
	3-5 days platelet storage