Treatment Of Donor Reactions In Preparative Hemaphereses

Preparative hemaphereses arc millionfold standard procedures for modern blood component production in many transfusion medicine establishments worldwide. Based on modern apheresis machine technique and high procedure standards the large majority of donor reactions in preparative hemaphereses are usually mild and clinically insignificant. Nevertheless, it is important to be familiar with typical and with severe donor reactions, with their symptoms and their medical treatment to assure donor safety and donor compliance and to reduce or avoid hemapheresis discontinuations.