Premium
When is a unit of blood transfused relative to its date of expiration?
Author(s) -
Judd W. J.,
Butch S. H.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
transfusion
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.045
H-Index - 132
eISSN - 1537-2995
pISSN - 0041-1132
DOI - 10.1046/j.1537-2995.1991.31591263203.x
Subject(s) - blood units , expiration date , medicine , blood preservation , blood supply , blood bank , blood transfusion , blood donations , intensive care medicine , emergency medicine , surgery , physiology , biology , food science
Analysis of computer‐generated data from 42,902 transfusions of red cells or whole blood reveales that 30 percent of Rh‐positive and 46.5 percent of Rh‐negative units of blood will be lost from inventory if the permissible storage time for blood is immediately reduced to 25 days. These data indicate that, should such a reduction be adopted as a means of preventing transfusion‐transmitted Yersinia infection, the blood banking industry will have serious difficulties in maintaining an adequate blood supply.