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