What is it about?
We see high colored plasma after component preparation from voluntary blood collection. Usually it is discarded along with platelets. This article explains it need not be as blood is collected from healthy donors who are most probably suffering Gilbert syndrome which causes high colored plasma which is not harmful as shown in this article.
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Why is it important?
Unnecessary blood units loss and donors may be rejected
Perspectives
As drugs and cosmetic act forbids use of components with altered color, high colored plasma (yellow) signifies more of bilirubin which may or may not be pathological. In healthy voluntary blood donors the most common reason is Gilberts syndrome which is trivial and does not cause any adverse effect in spite of mild increase in bilirubin levels even in neonates. Hence such Fresh frozen plasma and platelets can be used for better inventory management
Dr Rajendra G Kulkarni
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This page is a summary of: Gilbert′s syndrome in healthy blood donors what next??, Asian Journal of Transfusion Science, January 2015, Medknow,
DOI: 10.4103/0973-6247.165835.
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