PThis is the most common type of donation in the process of which approximately a unit of ‘whole blood’ is given
PThe blood is separated into transfusable components i.e. into red cells, plasma, as well as Platelets or cryoprecipitate AHF
PIt takes about 8 – 10 minutes for the Blood donation
PDonors are eligible to donate ‘whole blood’ every 90 days
2. Single Donor Platelets
PThis process utilizes a Platelet Aphaeresis Machine which extracts only the Platelets and then returns the rest of the cells back to Donors body
PA single donation of Platelets collected by aphaeresis can constitute, 6-8 whole blood donations to constitute a single transfusable unit of Platelets
PThe donation takes approximately upto 45 minutes to 1 hour
PDonors are eligible to donate ‘Single Donor Platelets’ every 48 hours
