title: Incidence and range of carboxyhaemoglobin in blood for transfusion.
abstract: No statistically significant difference was found between the levels of carboxyhaemoglobin detected in samples from 42 blood units and their sample side arms. A cooximeter was used. However, carboxyhaemoglobin in a range of 1.1-6.9% was found in 18 out of a further 100 side arm samples taken randomly from the blood bank.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthetics, Russels Hall Hospital, Dudley.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Freeman
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Perks
mesh_terms: D001771:Blood Banks; D001782:Blood Donors; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D002263:Carboxyhemoglobin / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D013997:Time Factors; D065227:Transfusion Reaction
chemical_list: D002263:Carboxyhemoglobin