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What are the requirements to donate platelets?
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Healthy in general: Age 17 or older At least weigh 110 pounds feeling well Medications: many are ok these are the ones that generally exclude donors Prostate medications, Antibiotics, blood thinners. if taking aspirin, one has to be off for 3 days at least before donating if on Plavix, (clopidogrel) then need to be off it for 14 days also must pass the Travel history questionnaire
Answered 11/29/2014
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When you do a blood platelet donation, is everything in the process disposable?
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