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We have a pre-op patient with a history of transfusion reactions to autologous blood twice in 2010. The S/S listed include chills, nausea, drop in BP, fever, urticaria, pruritis, cyanosis of fingertips, some shortness of breath. She says that after a workup with an allergist that they think that she reacts to blood stored in plastic and needs any blood she gets to have been stored in glass instead. Does anyone know anything about transfusion reactions to plasticizers in blood bags or the like? We are pretty sure we could save her life with pre-medicating for any needed transfusion and avoiding transfusion sounds like a great plan but I'm interested if anyone has any information on the topic. Also, is it possible to collect blood for transfusion in an FDA-approved glass bottle in the US?