Blood storage duration rises to 8 days

TEHRAN –The country’s blood storage has increased from four days to eight days, Mostafa Jamali, CEO of the Blood Transfusion Organization, has said.

By offering molecular screening tests, viral agents such as HIV can be detected in less than three or four days, IRNA quoted Jamali as saying.

Currently, the country’s blood and blood products have been fully provided with no blood supply shortage, he said, adding that the blood storage has reached from four days to eight days, he added.

He went on to say that a total of 2.7 million people voluntarily donate blood yearly. “Some 2.22…