The Analytical Effect of Frequent Plateletpheresis Donation

Abstract

The frequent platelet donation may affect the platelet counts of the donor. This retrospective, descriptive  study had aimed to analyze the effect of the frequency, regular, long term plateletpheresis towards the  donor's platelet counts. The data were collected from the plateletpheresis donors, Buddhachinaraj Phitsanulok Hospital, from June 2015 to December 2017. The platelet counts before each donate and the first  time counts were compared by pair t-test. The results founded that there were 157 donations, 80.9 percent of the donors donated double dose. The mean number of platelet products collected per donation was 1.8. The  total platelets received were 3,072 doses. The interval between each collection of plateletpheresis was 35-43  days. No important decrease in platelet counts before donation was seen in donors donating platelet  components up to 20 times. No frequent donors had a platelet count less than 150 x 109 /L. In conclusion;  long-term frequent plateletpheresis does not decrease the donor platelets