Paid platelet donors: Points to consider

Roger Y Dodd^{1

2}, Susan L Stramer³, Rachel Smith^{1

4}, Pampee P Young^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ American Red Cross, Biomedical Services Headquarters, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
² Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
³ American Red Cross, Scientific Affairs, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA.
⁴ Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

Editorial

Roger Y Dodd et al. Transfusion. 2021 Apr.

. 2021 Apr;61(4):1000-1003.

doi: 10.1111/trf.16329.

Roger Y Dodd^{1

2}, Susan L Stramer³, Rachel Smith^{1

4}, Pampee P Young^{1

4}

¹ American Red Cross, Biomedical Services Headquarters, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
² Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
³ American Red Cross, Scientific Affairs, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA.
⁴ Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

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