A. Definition
The blood deductible applies only to whole blood and packed red cells. The term whole blood means human blood from which none of the liquid or cellular components have been removed. Where packed red cells are furnished, a unit of packed red cells is considered equivalent to a pint of whole blood. Other components of blood such as platelets, fibrinogen, plasma, gamma globlin, and serum albumin are not subject to the blood deductible. However, these components of blood are covered as biologicals.