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Converting Whole Blood Donors to Apheresis Donors
Anderson, Collin DeCastro, Racquel Golden, Alexa Hilker, Sidney Liu, Flora Nocera, Vincent Wolf, Seth Lamping, Jenny Fung, Mark
Anderson, Collin
DeCastro, Racquel
Golden, Alexa
Hilker, Sidney
Liu, Flora
Nocera, Vincent
Wolf, Seth
Lamping, Jenny
Fung, Mark
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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.
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2019-01-25