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. 2017 Oct;57(10):2551-2552.
doi: 10.1111/trf.14251. Epub 2017 Aug 16.

Red blood cell sedimentation of Apheresis Granulocytes

Michelle A Lodermeier  1 , Karen M Byrne  1 , Willy A Flegel  1
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Red blood cell sedimentation of Apheresis Granulocytes

Michelle A Lodermeier et al. Transfusion. 2017 Oct.

Abstract

Sedimentation of Apheresis Granulocyte components removes red blood cells. It is used to increase the blood donor pool when blood group-compatible donors cannot be recruited for a patient because of a major ABO incompatibility or incompatible red blood cell antibodies in the recipient. Because granulocytes have little ABO and few other red blood cell antigens on their membrane, such incompatibility lies mostly with the contaminating red blood cells. Video Clip S1 shows the process of red blood cell sedimentation of an Apheresis Granulocyte component. This video was filmed with a single smart phone attached to a commercial tripod and was edited on a tablet computer with free software by an amateur videographer without prior video experience.

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Conflict of interest disclosure: The authors declared having no competing financial interest relevant to this article.

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