"axolotl" wrote in message
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Steve W. wrote:

Actually the storage and testing cost very little per liter. The last
number I heard was 13 dollars per liter. They then break the blood down
into components and use those. Whole blood is seldom used any more.

You need to listen in better places. Here in Jersey the cost of processing
a unit for transfusion (blood is processed in units of about a pint)is
about $128. The HIV/hepatitus/VD screening alone is about $35.

You may find it edifying to look he

http://www.aabb.org/All_About_Blood/...od/receive.htm



I suppose you were given these numbers along with your hospital bill?

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Chris

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