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Age of Transfused Blood Linked to Risk of Nosocomial Infection
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Compared with freshly donated blood, blood stored for 26 days is associated with a two-fold higher risk of nosocomial infection in transfusion recipients, and the risk increases with increasing storage duration, according to research coming out of Cooper University Hospital in Camden, New Jersey. Reuters Health Information
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