Question about blood samples and hospital storage..?

Question

How long do hospitals keep blood samples in hospital storage? How could a person gain access to these samples?

Answer 1

they dont keep them long at all ,as it clots and becomes useless,they do the test within hours ,sometimes the results take longer to come through,nobody could gain access to them

Answer 2

It all depends on what the blood is being tested for. It also depends on what collection tubes are used for blood storage. Some are only good for 12 hours, while some are good for a few days (with proper refrigeration.) Only employed lab persons could gain access to these samples.