Can you give a positive platelets to O positive?
Can you give a positive platelets to O positive?
People with A+, B+, AB-, AB+ and O+ blood types should consider donating platelets for optimum compatibility with the largest number of recipients.
Do platelets require crossmatch?
Crossmatching of plasma is not required, since there are no RBCs in these products. Platelets: Platelets are transfused in patients with thrombocytopenia if they are bleeding, if prophylaxis against spontaneous bleeding is required or if a platelet count threshold needs to be surpassed before an invasive procedure.
Who can give platelets?
To donate blood or platelets, you must be in good general health, weigh at least 110 pounds, and be at least 16 years old. Parental consent is required for blood donation by 16 year olds; 16 year olds are NOT eligible to donate platelets. No parental consent is required for those who are at least 17 years old.
Are platelets ABO matched?
In terms of ABO compatibility, platelets may be identical, major incompatible, minor incompatible, or bidirectional incompatible (Table 2). In minor incompatibility, donor ABO antibodies are incompatible with recipient ABO antigens. Both types of incompatibility are present in bidirectional incompatible transfusions.
Who can receive O positive platelets?
Preferred donation methods: double red blood cell, whole blood, and platelet. Types O, A, B and AB positive can receive O+ red cells, and O+ platelets can go to anyone (except childbearing aged females of types O-, A-, B- and AB).
Can I donate platelets to a family member?
There are certain exceptions, including: If the patient will be receiving a bone marrow or stem cell transplant from a family member, no close blood relatives (grandparents, parents, children, siblings, aunts and uncles, first cousins, or nieces and nephews) should donate blood.