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Article: Red Cross discards blood after collecting too much
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- November 11, 2001
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AMERICA AT WAR
MEDICAL
Red Cross discards blood after collecting too much
Eager donors soon outstripped demand, storage capacity
By GILBERT M. GAUL AND MARY PAT FLAHERTY
Washington Post
Sunday, November 11, 2001
Washington -- The American Red Cross knowingly collected hundreds
of thousands of blood donations after Sept. 11 that could not be used
for victims of the terrorist attacks.
After selling some of the surplus to hospitals, the Red Cross has
begun to destroy thousands of pints that have outlasted their shelf
life. Directors of several Red Cross blood centers said their sites
may discard as many as one of every five donations and the national
total could easily reach tens of thousands.
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