Rapidly Establishing a Hospital-Based Convalescent Plasma Collection Center With the Alyx Apheresis Collection Device

• Main Authors: Tovah Klein BA (Author), Rita Elue DNP (Author), Sachie Ikegami MD, PhD (Author), Christopher Mikkelson BS (Author), Gregory Wright BS (Author), Jessica Mallek AA (Author), Jason Kang MD (Author), David J. Sullivan MD (Author), Thomas J. Gniadek MD, PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The effort to collect convalescent plasma from individuals who recovered from COVID-19 began in earnest during the spring of 2020. Either whole blood or apheresis donations were obtained, the latter yielding higher numbers of units per donor per collection and more frequent collections. The NorthSho...