Re: Frozen blood longevity [was: Rareness...]

From: Michael M. Butler (mmb@spies.com)
Date: Fri Mar 28 2003 - 12:25:10 MST

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    On Fri, 28 Mar 2003 08:41:07 -0800 (PST), Robert J. Bradbury
    <bradbury@aeiveos.com> wrote:

    >
    > On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Michael M. Butler wrote:
    >
    >> BTW, I think frozen blood lasts for about 80 or 90 days.
    >
    > Michael -- is this frozen *whole* blood? Or when you donate
    > blood do they immediately separate out the white blood cells?
    > [Presumably they would cause (or themselves produce) an immune
    > system reaction in whomever receives the blood]. If so all
    > you have in stored blood is red blood cells, platelets, the
    > other clotting factors and soluble plasma proteins.

    Not sure, but I think it's "packed" (centrifuged separated) red blood cells
    that I was thinking of. Sorry for the vagueness here.

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