Gary began donating platelets with a goal of 25 units, the same amount Lisa had received. He gave what’s called triple platelets every three weeks. The process takes about two hours, ...

Driven by his son’s death to cancer at age 5 in 1995, Thomas Van Dorn began donating blood platelets in 1997. Since then, he’s donated every other week, the maximum a person can give, and he ...

For Platelet Awareness Month, ... Trey Harrington, a patient diagnosed with Myelodysplastic Syndrome, said one unit of platelets could help save somebody’s life.

Someone in the United States needs platelets every 15 seconds, according to the American Red Cross, and you have those in your body right now. If you're looking for an easy way to help another ...

Hospitals and blood banks are adopting new measures to improve the safety of donated platelets—the tiny cells that make blood clot and heal injuries but that also present the No. 1 infection ...

The estimated frequency of bacterial sepsis among recipients of platelet transfusions is much lower than the rate of contamination, ranging from 1 in 15,000 units of platelets 3 to 1 in 100,000 ...

Since then, he has organized hundreds of blood drives, donated five gallons of whole blood, and more than 1,000 units of platelets across the country. He will be in Rhode Island on Tuesday.

“Right now, we’re giving half units to patients, and maybe saving the full units of platelets for people who are bleeding actively,” Panch said. PNW blood platelet shortage no longer ...

Hospitals and blood banks are adopting new measures to improve the safety of donated platelets—the tiny cells that ... It adds about $25 to $30 to the average $540 cost of a unit of platelets.

KAPLAN, La. (KLFY) — For Platelet Awareness Month, Our Lady of Lourdes Blood Center is educating the community about the importance of platelet donors and the people who rely on those donations ...