Blood shortage spurs rationing, threatens patient care in Southern hospitals

(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review)

LifeShare Blood Center, a major blood supplier to hospitals in Louisiana, eastern Texas and southern Arkansas, is rationing blood.

After operating at critically low blood supply levels for several weeks, LifeShare is now unable to fill hospital orders.  Continue reading article here…

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