Platelet Donation in Chennai

Platelet Donation in Chennai

Platelet Donation in Chennai

The blood that is collected during a routine blood donation drive is called ‘Whole Blood’.  Ideally after collection ‘whole blood’ should be centrifuged and split into its components.  By doing so one is able to ensure that a single unit of ‘whole blood’ can benefit many persons. Platelets, the component responsible for clotting of blood, have a life of only 5 days after collection.  Therefore, more intensive planning is required to ensure that Platelets are made available to those in need The layperson is not aware that Platelets can be made available in the form of Random Donor Platelets (RDPs) or Single Donor Platelets. The Platelets that are normally within blood banks are in the form of Random Donor Platelets. These are obtained after the separation of components from the blood that is collected in routine blood donation drives. If you need Random Donor Platelets, these are obtained after component separation from the blood that is collected during routine blood donation. This will be available with blood banks. Please look up the list of blood banks and check with them for availability. The other option, which will be suggested by blood banks, is for you to get a donor to donate blood. The blood bank can then separate the platelets and make them available.

If you have difficulty in getting Random Donor Platelets, you could call Think Foundation. We will try and locate the Blood Bank that has the required units. Platelets that are available in Blood Banks are Random Donor Platelets. This will depend on the number of routine blood donations and the capability and intention of the Blood Bank for component separation. Single Donor Platelets depend on an Apheresis Donor, who normally comes against a specific need. Single Donor Platelets will not be available off the shelf of a Blood Bank. Platelets have a life of only 5 days. Collecting a lot of Platelets may amount to wasting those which have not been used in 5 days. Platelet Donation in Chennai, which are mostly hospital-based, normally makes an estimate of the likely off-take of Platelets and carries out a separation of Platelets to that extent, during routine Platelet Donation in Chennai. This also ensures saving on the extra cost of triple blood bags used for this purpose, as against single blood bag for ‘Whole Blood’.

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