PREVALENCE OF IRON DEPLETION IN STORED BLOOD

It is the usual practice to bleed donors and store their blood for transfusion purposes. Theaim of this work evaluate depletion serum iron levels in stored blood. Onehundred samples were collected from at University Benin Teachinghospital analyzed levels, hemoglobin concentration, packed cell volume andblood morphology using standard methods day 0 (controls) 15 30.The mean ?SEM iron, 17.7 ? 1.01 ?mol/L, 12.9 0.71g/land 39.0 11.20% which served as controls. At cellvolume 18.3 2.22?mol/L 33.20 9.48% .While 30 there was a significantdecrease (p<0.05) PCV, hb concentrations iron. Red crenation wasprominent all slides viewed respectively. There are significantchanges PCV Hb when used within shelf life theanticoagulant use