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  2. Plateletpheresis - Wikipedia

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    The donor's blood undergoes repeated cycles of draw and return. Platelet donation by a single line automatic separation and leukocyte reduction apheresis machine at an Australian donation centre in 2020 Platelet donation by a double catheter at a US donation center in 2022. Blood is drawn from the right arm, platelets are extracted using the ...

  3. Whole blood - Wikipedia

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    Platelets for transfusion can also be prepared from a unit of whole blood, whereby 4 or 5 buffy coats are pooled to produce a platelet component. Some blood banks have replaced this with platelets collected by plateletpheresis because whole blood platelets, sometimes called "random donor" platelets, must be pooled from multiple donors to get ...

  4. Blood compatibility testing - Wikipedia

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    Blood compatibility testing is routinely performed before a blood transfusion.The full compatibility testing process involves ABO and RhD (Rh factor) typing; screening for antibodies against other blood group systems; and crossmatching, which involves testing the recipient's blood plasma against the donor's red blood cells as a final check for incompatibility.

  5. Transfusion medicine - Wikipedia

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    The blood donor center is the facility that collects blood components from screened blood donors, either whole blood or separate components such as plasma or platelets only via apheresis. These blood components are then transported to a central location for processing such as fractionation, testing and redistribution.

  6. Platelet transfusion - Wikipedia

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    Platelet transfusion, is the process of infusing platelet concentrate into the body via vein, to prevent or treat the bleeding in people with either a low platelet count or poor platelet function. [1] Often this occurs in people receiving cancer chemotherapy. [1]

  7. Blood donation - Wikipedia

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    For plasma and platelet transfusions the system is reversed: AB positive is the universal platelet donor type while both AB positive and AB negative are universal plasma donor types. [41] [42] Most blood is tested for diseases, including some STDs. [43] The tests used are high-sensitivity screening tests and no actual diagnosis is made.

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    If you're using ACS, you'll want to download the latest version of AOL Dialer here. Connect an access number to AOL Dialer. 1. Click Connection Settings from the mail AOL Dialer page and follow the prompts. 2. Enter your location and connection type and click Next. 3. Select your dialing options and click Next. 4. Enter your area code and click ...

  9. Platelet - Wikipedia

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    Platelets are either isolated from collected units of whole blood and pooled to make a therapeutic dose, or collected by platelet apheresis: blood is taken from the donor, passed through a device which removes the platelets, and the remainder is returned to the donor in a closed loop. The industry standard is for platelets to be tested for ...