Older donated blood is linked to infection risk, study says
Tuesday, October 28, 2008 - 17:21
in Health & Medicine
Blood stored for more than 4 weeks tripled the likelihood of infection in the hospital compared with fresher blood, researchers say. Hospitalized patients who received blood that had been stored for more than four weeks were nearly three times as likely to develop infections as those who received fresher blood, researchers said today.
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