[Sca-cooks] Re: Is everyone OK?

[Angie Malone]

I heard on the news that at least in NYC they were getting a freezer
where they could freeze the donated blood that would enable it to
last a lot longer.  Unfortunately I don't remember how long they said.

A source for information about blood life might be the red cross web page.

	Angeline


>
>
>>  Marian Rosenberg wrote:
>>
>>  > I started my quest to give blood at a hospital.  They were sending
>>  > people to the Red Cross because they had run out of supplies to take
>>  > blood.
>>
>>  Well on the other hand... Donated blood only has a shelf life of
>>about five days.
>>  When the enthusiasm dies down in a week or two, and less people
>>are lining up to
>>  donate, they will still need the blood.  Better to keep it in the
>>veins until
>>  actually needed then.
>>
>>  My household is on the blood donation waiting list.  How about
>>yours, everyone?
>
>I'd been hearing 5 weeks from the techs where I donated blood.
>
>Does anyone know where one could get concrete actual evidence on this?
>
>-M
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