![]() ![]() *Women who have previously been pregnant may not be eligible to donate platelets. If you meet the minimum requirements to donate whole blood, you should be eligible to donate platelets*. This is also why new donors are needed every day to help keep an adequate supply for local patients.Īt this time, the Central California Blood Center can only collect platelets in one of our donor centers and not on any mobile drive.Įligibility requirements for platelet donations are generally the same as those for whole blood donations. Platelets only have a shelf life of 5 days – because of this, we must consistently and efficiently collect them. The same is true in apheresis plasma donations where your red blood cells and platelets are returned to you. Whereas when you donate a pint of whole blood you are donating the sum of the whole, in apheresis platelet donation we are able to extract more platelets because we are in fact returning your red blood cell and plasma. A single donation of platelets can produce several transfusable units and impact multiple patients’ lives. ![]() Platelets are primarily used by cancer patients but can also be used to help trauma victims or any patient facing life-threatening injuries where excessive bleeding occurs.ĭuring the platelet donation process, an apheresis machine collects red blood cells, platelets, and plasma before returning your red blood cells and most of the plasma back to you. ![]() They are essential in blood clotting and help stop bleeding. Platelets are tiny cells which circulate throughout the blood. ![]()
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