Recent blood shortages and the potential clinical impact of red blood cell (RBC) age highlight the need to understand blood supply delivery. This study addresses the characteristics and mechanics of RBC unit trafficking and storage across the transfusion service, previously undescribed in the literature.
Division of Hematopathology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. calvino.cheng@cdha.nshealth.ca