I recently had the pleasure of donating my first batch of platelets a few days ago. Was more complex and tedious, compared to donating blood. Thought my damn arm was going to fall after holding it in the same place for close to 70mins, but am sure some poor bugger will make good use of it. Get involved. Not enough people contributing. You can also donate more often than giving blood if you can have the time.
Its also Yellow.
Plateletpheresis (also called thrombapheresis or thrombocytapheresis) is the process of collecting platelets, the components of blood that are involved in hemostasis (blood clotting). It can be a life-saving procedure in preventing or treating serious complications from bleeding and hemorrhage in patients who have disorders manifesting as thrombocytopenia (low platelet count) or platelet dysfunction. This process may also be used therapeutically to treat disorders resulting in extraordinarily high platelet counts such as Essential Thrombocytosis.
