Icupa ryakozwe kugirango ryuzuze ibipimo bihanitse byo kubika plasma na platelet mugihe cya aperesi. Icupa rigumana ubudahangarwa nubuziranenge bwibigize bitandukanye, bikarinda kugeza igihe bitunganijwe cyangwa bitwarwa. Igishushanyo cyacyo kigabanya ingaruka zanduye, bigatuma gikoreshwa vuba na bwangu mu gihe gito muri banki zamaraso cyangwa mumavuriro. Usibye kubika, icupa rizana igikapu cyicyitegererezo gifasha gukusanya icyitegererezo cya alikoti yo kugenzura ubuziranenge no gupima. Ibi bituma inzobere mu buvuzi zigumana ingero zo kwisuzumisha nyuma, zikareba niba zikurikiza amahame ngenderwaho. Umufuka uhujwe na sisitemu ya aperesi kandi itanga imikorere yizewe mugihe cyo gutandukanya plasma.
Iki gicuruzwa ntikibereye abana, impinja, impinja zitaragera, cyangwa abantu bafite umuvuduko muke wamaraso. Igomba gukoreshwa gusa nabaganga bahuguwe byumwihariko kandi igomba kubahiriza ibipimo n'amabwiriza yashyizweho nishami ryubuvuzi. Yagenewe gukoreshwa rimwe gusa, igomba gukoreshwa mbere yitariki yo kurangiriraho.
Ibicuruzwa bigomba kubikwa mubushyuhe 5 ° C ~ 40 ° C hamwe nubushuhe bugereranije <80%, nta gaze yangirika, guhumeka neza, no gusukura mu nzu. Igomba kwirinda imvura, urubura, izuba ryinshi, hamwe n umuvuduko mwinshi. Ibicuruzwa birashobora gutwarwa muburyo rusange bwo gutwara cyangwa muburyo bwemejwe namasezerano. Ntigomba kuvangwa nibintu byuburozi, byangiza, kandi bihindagurika.