GREENISH PLASMA FROM A MALE BLOOD DONOR : AN UNUSUAL EXPERIENCE

Background: Normally plasma is straw yellow colored, but nding a green colored plasma from a male donor was something unusual. 32 yr old male donor, with no history of any medical illness was reported. Donor met all criterias of blood donation. Method: 450 ml of collected donor's bag was centrifuged in Cryofuge at 4000 rpm for 10 mins. Plasma was extracted using automatic plasma extractor. Donor was recalled and reassessed. There was no history of Sulphonamides or any drug intake. Blood sample of donor after taking consent were sent for investigations like S.ceruloplasmin , S. bilirubin Direct and Indirect , it was also sent for culture. Result: No abnormality was detected in S. ceruloplasmin , S. bilirubin Direct and Indirect. Culture turned out to be normal also. But considering our blood bank's policy of not issuing any discoloured blood product, plasma was discarded. Conclusion: From this we concluded that Green coloured plasma is an interesting entity to study and it is safe to transfuse unless possibility of transfusing Paeruginosa are ruled out.