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Toby L. Simon – Where have all the donors gone? A personal reflection on the crisis in America’s volunteer blood program

Where have all the donors gone? A personal reflection on the crisis in America’s volunteer blood program

Toby L. Simon

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Federal mandates may constrain platelet availability even more4

The safety of platelet transfusions is critical, and the recent US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) mandate requires bacterial risk mitigation strategies such as large volume delayed sampling or pathogen reduction. Processing requirements associated with these bacterial risk mitigation strategies may further erode the platelet supply.

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