To request a publication planning request form please call Beverly Joyce at x9635. All request forms are due back by June 9. The master calendar will be completed and production schedules distributed by July 15, 2000. Please note that the current master publication s calendar is booked through September 1, 2000. To donate platelets you must be at least 17 years old, in good health and weigh more than 100 pounds.
Platelet donation is different than blood donation.
The blood is drawn from the vein of a donor into an apheresis instrument, which separates the blood into different portions. Selected portions on the blood, such as platelets, can be recovered while the rest of the blood is returned to the donor either into the same vein or into a vein in the other arm. You must not take aspirin, Advil, Aleve, Motrin etc. for three days prior to donation. Tylenol is ok to take. You can donate platelets more frequently than blood, but not more than 24 times a year.