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Does the Australian Red Cross Blood Service (Blood Service) already leucodeplete some blood components?

April 26, 2017Australian blood components leucodeplete red cross service

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Does the Australian Red Cross Blood Service (Blood Service) already leucodeplete some blood components?

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All platelet components (ie, both pooled and apheresis platelets) distributed by the Blood Service have been leucodepleted since April 2008. Prior to 1 July 2008, the percentage of red cells that were pre-storage leucodepleted was significantly lower with some variation between jurisdictions.