The first long-term blood bank in Ukraine, which allows freezing and preserving rare blood types up to 30 years, was opened on the basis of the Kyiv City Blood Center as part of the Bold Blood project, the Kyiv City State Administration reports..
" director of the city blood center Vitaly Demsky.
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The equipment of the new blood bank includes:
an automatic freezing and thawing machine for red blood cells, a sterile tubing connector, a quick-thawer, a quality control device for residual glycerol, two freezers for storage, and a closed-type freeze-thaw network.
It is noted that the new capacities will help to carry out operational logistics in the most difficult conditions, in particular, in places of military operations to rescue injured military and civilian.
The project was implemented by the Ministry of Health, Parimatch Ukraine and the Kiev City State Administration.