Study Links Age of Blood in Transfusions to Infections

Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 10:42 in Health & Medicine

Patients receiving transfusions of blood stored 29 days or longer are twice as likely to contract an infection as those receiving newer blood, according to researchers.

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