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.
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.
