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Ad Hoc Committee on Plasmapheresis

JAMA. 1970;213(5):743-747.

Abstract
A new class of donor—the plasma donor—has come into being as the result of the widespread use of plasmapheresis for collecting plasma for laboratory reagents and other plasma products. These donors, consisting of a changing pool of about 100,000 persons, are exposed to hazards arising from the plasmapheresis procedure and immunization not encountered by whole-blood donors. Federal and state regulations for the protection of whole-blood donors afford inadequate safeguards for plasma donors. A committee of the National Research Council considers the resulting situation a health problem of national significance and offers guidelines for the practice of plasmapheresis.

Author Affiliations
From the Division of Medical Sciences, National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council.

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