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The lab will draw approximately 100 mL of blood. For reference, when you donate blood, you give approximately 475 mL of blood.

From receipt of the blood to the filling of the droppers can take less than 30 minutes. The finished product will then be sent to a lab for required testing to ensure that the eye drops are free of contamination; this testing takes approximately two weeks.

The serum eye drops are intended solely for the patient whose blood they were derived from and should absolutely NOT be used by anyone else to eliminate the possibility of disease transmission.

Ideally, the drops will only be out of refrigeration for as long as it takes to apply the prescribed amount to your eye(s). If you must take the eye drops with you when you leave home, they should be transported and stored in a cooler with wet ice from your home freezer. Eye drops that have reached room temperature should be discarded. If there is any question about how long a bottle has been left out, discard it and open a new bottle.

The amount of bottles received is dependent upon the amount of serum that can be extracted from the blood. This amount may vary with each blood draw due to level of hydration, amount of diuretics consumed before the draw, and various genetic factors. A change in prescription may also affect the number of bottles received.