Blood stored for more than 3 weeks may be harmful to patients’ health
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Blood stored for more than 3 weeks may be harmful to patients’ health
Washington, March 11 (ANI): A new study of hospital patients has found that transfusion of donated blood more than three weeks old results in impaired blood vessel function.
Blood banks now consider six weeks to be the maximum permitted storage time of blood for use in transfusion,
