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The Blood Supply

By Laura Knoy on Monday, September 23, 2002.

Hospitals are facing huge increases to the price of blood units - and at the same time blood supplies are critically low. We'll talk about what it takes to collect, process and store blood...and the need for constant vigilance to keep it safe from disease. Laura talks with Dr. James AuBuchon, from Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center www.dhmc.org and Dr. Mary O'Neill, CEO fo American Red Cross, New England region www.newenglandblood.org.

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