A General Change of the Platelet Transfusion Policy from Apheresis Platelet Concentrates to Pooled Platelet Concentrates is Associated with a Sharp Increase in Donor Exposure and Infection Rates | Zendy

HansGert Heuft | Zendy; Wolfgang Mende | Zendy; Rainer Blasczyk | Zendy

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A General Change of the Platelet Transfusion Policy from Apheresis Platelet Concentrates to Pooled Platelet Concentrates is Associated with a Sharp Increase in Donor Exposure and Infection Rates

Author(s) -

HansGert Heuft,

Wolfgang Mende,

Rainer Blasczyk

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

transfusion medicine and hemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.971

H-Index - 39

eISSN - 1660-3818

pISSN - 1660-3796

DOI - 10.1159/000117788

Subject(s) - apheresis , medicine , transfusion medicine , platelet , platelet transfusion , population , immunology , blood transfusion , whole blood , intensive care medicine , emergency medicine , environmental health

We compare the actual with the potential donor exposure and possible infection rates in the Hanover Medical School (MHH) platelet (PLT) transfusion recipients if the current MHH standard of apheresis PLT concentrate (A-PC) supply would be replaced by a pooled PLT concentrate (P-PC) transfusion regimen.

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