Platelets transfusion in Greece: Where, when, why? A national survey

Serena Valsami¹, Abraham Pouliakis², Maria Gavalaki³, Aspasia Argyrou⁴, Evagelia Triantafillou⁵, Evagelia Arvanitopoulou⁵, Fotios Girtovitis⁶, Virginia Voulgaridou⁶, Aggeliki Megalou⁷, Paraskevi Chronopoulou⁷, Andreas Papachronis³, George Sakellarakis³, Eleftheria Zervou⁸, Christina Batsi⁸, Kalliopi Fountouli⁹, Aggelos Athanasopoulos¹⁰, Elias Kyriakou¹¹, Afrodite Cheropoulou¹², Anastasia Livada¹³, Konstantinos Lebessopoulos¹⁴, Maria Papakonstantinou¹⁵, Anthi Gafou⁴, Despina Katopi¹⁶, George Martinis¹⁷, Ioanna Dendrinou¹⁸, Hrysanthi Katharopoulou¹⁹, Marianna Politou¹, Margarita Papadopoulou²⁰, Paraskevi Papadopoulou²¹, Ekaterini Manaka²², Konstantina Paneta²³, Chrissoula Alepi²⁴, Christos Damaskos²⁵, Nikolaos Garmpis²⁵, Konstantinos Stamoulis²⁶, Elisavet Grouzi^13
1 Hematology, Laboratory-Blood Bank Department, Aretaieion Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Greece
² Second Department of Pathology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, “Attikon” University Hospital, Greece
³ Department of Blood Transfusion, Laiko General Hospital, Athens, Greece
⁴ Department of Blood Transfusion, “Saints Anargyroi” Hospital, Greece
⁵ Blood Transfusion Center, University Hospital, Patras, Greece
⁶ Department of Blood Transfusion, AHEPA, University Hospital of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
⁷ Department of Blood Transfusion, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece
⁸ Department of Blood Transfusion, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
⁹ Department of Blood Transfusion, University Hospital of Heraklion, Heraklion, Greece
¹⁰ Department Blood Transfusion, Metaxa Oncology Hospital, Greece
¹¹ Laboratory of Hematology and Blood Bank Unit, “Attikon” University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian Athens, Greece
¹² Department of Blood Transfusion, General Hospital Sismanogleio, Greece
¹³ Department of Transfusion Service and Clinical Hemostasis, “Saint Savvas” Oncology Hospital of Athens, Greece
¹⁴ Department of Blood Transfusion, “Amalia Fleming” Hospital, Greece
¹⁵ Blood Transfusion Centre, General Hospital of Nikea, Greece
¹⁶ Department of Blood Transfusion, General Hospital Alexandra, Greece
¹⁷ Department of Blood Transfusion, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Alexandroupolis, Greece
¹⁸ Department of Blood Transfusion, General Hospital Nea Ionia “Agia Olga”, Greece
¹⁹ Department of Blood Transfusion, “Hatzikosta” General Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
²⁰ Department of Blood Transfusion, General Hospital of Katerini, Katerini, Greece
²¹ Department of Blood Transfusion, General Hospital of Kavala, Kavala, Greece
²² Department of Blood Transfusion, General Hospital of Messologgi, Messologgi, Greece
²³ Department of Blood Transfusion, General Hospital of Pirgos, Pirgos, Greece
²⁴ Department of Blood Transfusion, General Hospital “Tzaneio” of Piraeus, Greece
²⁵ Second Department of Propedeutic Surgery, “Medical School, Laiko” General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
²⁶ Hellenic National Blood Transfusion Center, Greece

Correspondence Address:
Dr. Serena Valsami
Hematology, Laboratory-Blood Bank Department, Aretaieion Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, Athens
Greece

Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None

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DOI: 10.4103/ajts.AJTS_72_18