'Ironing out the risk': Assessing the effect of plateletpheresis donation frequency on iron stores in South-Asian male donors.

Regular plateletpheresis donations can lead to varying severities of non-anaemic iron deficiency. Blood centres must regularly monitor frequent plateletpheresis donors (especially donors with more than 11 donations in a calendar year) and ideally maintain their serum ferritin above 30 ng/mL.