Platelets are the body's "Band-Aids" and play an important role in hemostasis by leading the blood clotting process.  Unlike other blood components, platelets have a relatively short storage period of five days at room temperature.  Platelets are a natural source of growth factors.

HemaCare has the capability to prepare and provide platelets according to your specifications:

• Specialized research donor subject recruitment
• Customized collections

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HemaCare can source disease state material from donors with autoimmune disorders, infectious diseases, or certain rare disorders (among others).  Some examples of disease states include:

• Celiac Disease
• Crohn’s disease
• Lupus (SLE)
• Psoriasis
• Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Rheumatoid Factor (RF)
• HIV, HPV, HBV & HCV positive donors

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Packaging and shipping specifications play an important role in maintaining the quality of your product.  We package and ship all products to your specifications.

Platelets are typically packaged and shipped overnight on the day of collection.  Unless instructed otherwise, platelets are packaged to maintain a temperature between 20 and 24°C during shipment.

Temperature monitoring data tracking devices are available for use at your request.

Our healthy donor subjects for research products are screened with the same stringent regulations and requirements as donors who donate transfusable blood components.

Donors must:

• Be at least 18 years old.
• Weigh at least 140 lbs.
• Be in good health and feeling well.
• Not be pregnant.
• Meet protocol specifications, i.e. CBC lab tests.
• Be prescreened for evidence of transmissible infectious diseases (HIV, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C) before donation.  This panel of tests is repeated with each product collection.
• Have adequate peripheral veins for apheresis.
• Complete and sign a Donor History Questionnaire developed by the AABB and accepted by the FDA and a procedure-specific consent form prior to the collection procedure.  All consents and protocols have been approved by an independent biomedical review board (IRB).