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Who Needs
My Apheresis Donations?
Platelets are clotting cells that
control bleeding.
Transfusions of platelets are
needed by:
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Children with leukemia
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Patients receiving chemotherapy for cancer
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Patients needing open heart surgery and organ
transplants
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People whose bone marrow is not functioning properly.
Plasma is the liquid portion of
your blood that carries cells and vital factors throughout your body.
Plasma transfusions are needed for:
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Premature infants
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Trauma and burn victims
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Transplant and major surgery patients
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People with rare blood disorders
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People with severe liver disorders
Red cells carry oxygen and are
needed by people suffering from anemia and serious loss of blood.
*The
pictures shown above are twin boys, Matthew and Jason Fox of Landing,
whose lives were saved by platelet transfusions when they were just a few
days old. The father of the twins, Ken Fox, is a regular platelet
apheresis donor.
The Blood Center of New
Jersey
45 South Grove Street
East Orange, New Jersey 07018
1-800-NJBLOOD
1-973-676-4700
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