Plateletpheresis: A comparison between two blood cell separators at a tertiary care facility.

Objective: Platelet concentrate is an invaluable support product in the management patients presenting with thrombocytopenia. Collection of high quality, single donor platelets depends upon efficient cell separators at plateletapheresis facility. We evaluated performance two different used for plateletpheresis our This evaluation was done to ascertain which separator performed better terms various parameters. Study Design: Cross Sectional study. Setting: Chughtai Stat Lab, National Hospital. Period: July December 2020. Material & Methods: A total 100 procedures were done, 50 on Cobe Spectra and Haemonetics MCS900. Male donors selected after detailed medical history, screening informed consent. For each separator, procedure time, collection rate platelet yield final (single platelets) noted compared. The predonation count also recorded. Results: Donor turnaround time 60.1 + 2.757 min vs 81.1 3.311 Heamonetics (p value < 0.0001). had a superior 0.065+0.0088 (PLT×10 11/min) than 0.0519 0.007 value< both separators, similar = 0.56). Overall, counts ranged from 220-480x109 /L. Pearson correlation test showed positive (r 0811, p value; 0.0001) between count. Conclusion: Continuous flow like spectra, offer quality greater efficiency when compared intermittent Haemonetics.