Abstract
To the Editor.— I wish to take issue with the assertion that of a smaller number of donors, ideally a single donor, should be a practical means of reducing all transfusion-related viral disease that could be introduced into the premature nursery, made by Dr Grady in a recent editorial. 1 Experience with directing a blood bank at an institution with a large neonatal unit leads me to believe that this suggestion is quite impractical and unrealistic. First of all, there is the limitation of availability of blood from a single donor. Entry of a unit or portion thereof requires that a 24-hour outdate period be applied to the sampled product. 2 Even use of multibag collection systems for donation limits availability of the product from a single donor to a maximum of four days (unless one freezes aliquots, which considerably increases costs—a nonviable scheme in these days of cost
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