What To Expect - Plan to spend about two hours at the donor center. When you arrive, you will complete a confidential screening about your medical and travel history.  

The Procedure - The painless process takes around 90 minutes, during which time the donor can relax reading a book or watching TV as a device known as a Trima machine quietly spins to separate out the platelets and then return other blood components back into his or her body (a procedure known as apheresis).  

Frequency - You can only give platelets every two weeks

How To Begin - To learn more about giving platelets or to make an appointment, visit the America's Blood Centers or call 1-888-US-BLOOD (1-888-872-5663) and follow the prompts.