Optimizing donor scheduling before recruitment: An effective approach to increasing apheresis platelet collections

Parvez M Lokhandwala, Hiroko Shike, Ming Wang, Ronald E Domen and Melissa R George

PLOS ONE, 2018, vol. 13, issue 5, 1-9

Abstract: Background/Aims: Typical approach for increasing apheresis platelet collections is to recruit new donors. Here, we investigated the effectiveness of an alternative strategy: optimizing donor scheduling, prior to recruitment, at a hospital-based blood donor center. Methods: Analysis of collections, during the 89 consecutive months since opening of donor center, was performed. Linear regression and segmented time-series analyses were performed to calculate growth rates of collections and to test for statistical differences, respectively. Results: Pre-intervention donor scheduling capacity was 39/month. In the absence of active donor recruitment, during the first 29 months, the number of collections rose gradually to 24/month (growth-rate of 0.70/month). However, between month-30 and -55, collections exhibited a plateau at 25.6 ± 3.0 (growth-rate of -0.09/month) (p

Date: 2018
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