Collected from a single donor by using an apheresis machine with an integrated leucoreduction system, then returns the remaining blood back to the donor
Have higher residual plasma content
Much more costly
Indications:
Requirement for HLA compatible and/or HPA matched platelets
Patients who require IgA deficient platelets
Neonates/small children whose platelet dose requirement can be met by a split apheresis component, to avoid wastage of part of a pooled bag
Pooled: 290 x 10^9 in 370mL
Produced via the Buffy Coat method - pooled from separate ABO-identical whole blood donations using a platelet additive solution, then centrifuged, filtered and rested to produce a leucodepleted pooled platelet unit
