Thread: Giving Blood
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Old 22-02-08, 10:32 AM   #21
tricky
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Default Re: Giving Blood

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Originally Posted by chakraist View Post
Out of interest, what the hell are blood products? Sounds like some sort of franchise scheme.
Plasma, platelet, immunoglobulin, red cells etc. Various components or products derived from whole blood used to treat specific conditions.

http://www.patient.co.uk/showdoc/40000201/

I quite fancy having a go at platelet donation, they hook you up to this funky machine which extracts some blood, removes the bits they need and then pumps rest back into you, how cool is that !
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