Mistaken beliefs hinder blood donations

By Sarah Wiedersehn
Updated March 5 2018 - 12:14am, first published 12:05am
The Australian Red Cross is launching a new campaign to recruit 8000 new blood donors a month.
The Australian Red Cross is launching a new campaign to recruit 8000 new blood donors a month.

Seriously ill patients could be missing out on life-saving blood transfusions because Australians don't realise donated blood has a very short shelf life.

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