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SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — Two Grifols plasma donation centers in Salt Lake City celebrated a milestone of one million plasma donations each during International Plasma Awareness Week.

There are two Grifols Biomat USA centers in Salt Lake City that opened 17 years ago, and on Wednesday, October 8, the centers celebrated the milestone of reaching a million donations of plasma each, for a total of two million donations. Both centers reached the milestones this fall.

International Plasma Awareness Week (IPAW) is this week, from October 6 to 10. It is celebrated each year during October, and it aims to raise awareness of how important donating plasma is to saving the lives of patients who rely on plasma-derived medicines.

The Salt Lake City centers have collect

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