Bethany Brown and Colleagues Present Recommendations on DEHP Alternatives
Bethany Brown, Senior Director of Transfusion Innovation and Product Development at American Red Cross, shared on LinkedIn:
”It was a pleasure working together with Rebecca Cardigan, Jose A. Cancelas, Tamir Kanias, Thomas Klei, and the BEST Collaborative on this Commentary “Clinical evaluation of novel blood collection and storage bags containing alternative plasticizers to DEHP: Recommendations from the BEST Collaborative”.
Here, we developed recommendations related to the in vivo data required in relation to replacing DEHP in blood bags to support conversations and alignment of bag manufacturers, regulators, and blood centers in the context of changes in EU regulations.”
Read the full article in Transfusion.
Article: Clinical evaluation of novel blood collection and storage bags containing alternative plasticizers to DEHP: Recommendations from the BEST collaborative
Authors: Bethany Brown, Thomas R. L. Klei, Tamir Kanias, Dirk de Korte, Jose A. Cancelas, Rebecca Cardigan

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