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Old Sat Jan 28, 2012, 08:17 AM
Greg H Greg H is offline
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Thanks, Birgitta!

One would think the Red Cross or some of the blood banks would be doing research on this among folks with bone marrow failure.

At my hospital, the blood always has an expiration date and information about the source. It does not, however, have the date when it was collected (nor the volume of the unit). I will have to check how the expiration date is determined, so I can calculate backwards from that.

I quite often receive blood that is 14 day from expiration -- or even near expiration. Perhaps I should speak with my hematologist and the blood bank manager to see if we can specify blood that is "younger."

Take care!

Greg
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