consisting of members or elements of different kinds; of mixed character: a book of miscellaneous essays on American history. 2. having various qualities, aspects, or subjects: a miscellaneous discussion. Origin of miscellaneous.
exists and is an alternate of . When you store human blood and its components, there's little or no room for error. Red cells and whole blood, for instance, must be maintained strictly within the range of 1.0 to 6.0 degrees Celsius or 33.8 F to 42.8 F, with little or no tolerance for exceptions.
However, serum and plasma samples should be analyzed as soon as possible and can only be stored at 4 degrees Celsius for three days. Any plasma or serum samples that cannot be analyzed within three days should be frozen at minus 20 or minus 70 degrees Celsius.