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2. Plateletpheresis - Wikipedia

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   Platelets collected by using apheresis at an American Red Cross donation center. Not all platelet transfusions use platelets collected by automated apheresis. The platelets can also be separated from donations of whole blood collected in a traditional blood donation, but there are several advantages to separating the platelets at the time of collection.

3. Platelet transfusion - Wikipedia

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   [27] [28] [29] Most are given to prevent bleeding during treatment with chemotherapy or stem cell transplant. [29] [28] [30] Much of the remainder are used in general medicine, cardiac surgery and in intensive care. [29] [28] [30] Unlike other blood products demand for platelet transfusions appears to be increasing in several countries around ...

4. Blood donation - Wikipedia

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   Increases in donations were observed in all blood donation centers, beginning on the day of the attack. [116] While blood donations were above average after the first few weeks following 9/11, the number of donations fell from an estimated 49,000 donations in the first week to 26,000–28,000 donations between the second and fourth weeks after ...

5. Donating blood saves lives - where you can give - AOL

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   Donating blood is harmless and simple, and is an easy way to give back to others in need. Christina Vanderpool On average, is takes 45 seconds for the blood to circulate through the body from the ...

6. 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 ...

7. What’s the difference between donating blood or ... - AOL

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   Understand the different processes before you decide to give. Understand the different processes before you decide to give. Skip to main content. Subscriptions; Animals. Business ...