Standards

The thresholds you have to prove

The Regulations Relating to the Blood System require conformance with Table 2 of CAN/CSA-Z902. Those thresholds are exactly what a continuous record has to demonstrate.

Red blood cell units stored in a blood bank refrigerator.

An open transport cooler holding three tagged units.

Storage and transport thresholds by blood component
Component	Storage	Transport
Red blood cells	1–6 °C	1–10 °C
Platelets	20–24 °C	controlled, continuous gentle agitation
Frozen plasma	≤ −18 °C	frozen

Regulations Relating to the Blood System (SOR/2013-178) s. 76 (storage during transportation) and s. 101 (storage equipment), Table 2 of CAN/CSA-Z902. The 1–10 °C band sits inside our accredited calibration scope.