Date of Publication
Winter 1-25-2019
Abstract
Donating blood is a noble act with real potential to save lives. Although millions of Americans donate blood each year, supplies of one blood component—platelets—is in chronically short supply. This is in part due to its significantly shorter shelf life (5-7d) vs. red blood cells (28-42d) or plasma cells (1yr). Platelet apheresis donation offers the opportunity to donate platelets more frequently and in higher quantities but accounts for only a small percentage of all donations. Our study aimed to better characterize perceived barriers in conversion to platelet apheresis donation.
Advisor(s)
Mark Fung
UVM Larner College of Medicine
Jenny Lamping
American Red Cross
Agency
American Red Cross
Subjects
Blood Disorders and Blood Safety
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 License
Recommended Citation
Anderson, Collin; DeCastro, Racquel; Golden, Alexa; Hilker, Sidney; Liu, Flora; Nocera, Vincent; Wolf, Seth; Lamping, Jenny; and Fung, Mark, "Converting Whole Blood Donors to Apheresis Donors" (2019). Public Health Projects, 2008-present. 276.
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