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. 2004 Jun 14;8(Suppl 2):S27–S30. doi: 10.1186/cc2453

Table 2.

Disadvantages of leukoreduction

Cost $600 million/year in USA
In Rhode Island, prestorage leukoreduction implementation cost $1,466,250 (extrapolating to $319 million across the whole of the USA)
Logistics 2% loss of red blood cells
Platelet loss of 11% due to trapping