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Platelets
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Platelets are tiny, oval-shaped, colourless cells made in the bone marrow. They help blood to clot.  The BC Transfusion Medicine Advisory Group has developed the following guidelines related to platelet transfusion.

Guidelines for Platelet Transfusion (November 2004)

Guidelines for Blood Component Substitution for Adult Patients (updated June 2008)
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