Some medications may affect your ability to donate blood. To find out if your medication rules you in or out, call Lifeblood on 13 14 People who spent 6 months or more in the UK between and are currently unable to donate.
This condition cannot yet be tested for and may remain dormant for a very long time. You can donate blood at various Australian Red Cross Lifeblood locations including blood donor centres or mobile units.
Donating blood only takes around 10 minutes, but you should allow at least an hour for the whole process which includes a personal interview, recovery time and free refreshments. All blood that is donated is screened for blood-borne diseases such as hepatitis , syphilis and HIV. Autologous and directed donations are now rare, occurring only in special medical cases. These blood donations have the same risks as regular blood donations.
Plasma also contains antibodies and other important proteins. About 8 out of every 10 Australians will experience a blood-related disease at some point in their lives. New treatments for these life-threatening conditions depend on medical research. Research scientists need donated blood to investigate the causes of blood-related diseases and to test newly-developed treatments including:. Donor requirements for medical research may be slightly different from those for Lifeblood donors.
At your first appointment you will receive an information form that outlines the purpose of the research, and a consent form to sign. The blood collection procedure takes about 15 minutes, is safe, and is performed by a fully trained scientist, nurse or doctor. The amount of blood taken depends on the needs of the research project, but will range from 40 to ml. Your body will need only a couple of days to replace ml of blood.
Most people can donate regularly. If you indicate that you would be willing to give future blood donations, your name and contact details will be kept on a database for blood donation requests once every 3 months 4 times per year.
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Skip to main content. Donating plasma is similar to giving blood. A trained staff member called a phlebotomist puts a sterile needle in your arm vein to draw blood. The blood is then cycled through special, sterile equipment that separates plasma from the other parts of your blood.
Your plasma is then collected in a container, while the other parts are safely returned to your body. This process is called plasmapheresis. All material that comes in contact with your blood is sterile and used only 1 time for your plasma donation.
Our plasma centers follow all required U. Some donors might experience small bruising near where the needle was put in their arm. Your first visit can take up to 2 hours because it includes a health screening, in-depth questionnaire, and medical history questions to make sure you can donate plasma. After that, each visit takes less time — about an hour to an hour and a half. You can donate twice a week. The U. Food and Drug Administration FDA allows 2 donations within a 7-day period, with at least 48 hours between donations.
So if you donate on a Monday, you can donate again Wednesday. Drink plenty of water after you donate to help your body replace fluids. Your protein-rich plasma is used to create a number of life-saving medicines that treat patients with rare, chronic, and inherited diseases. These plasma-based medicines are used in emergency medicine or trauma, for bleeding disorders like hemophilia, and to treat patients whose bodies have trouble fighting infections because of immune diseases.
To learn more about who we are, what we do, and who we help with our plasma-based medicines, visit About Us. To donate plasma you need to be between 18 and 66 years old, weigh at least pounds, and be in good health. If you have Rh-negative blood, we especially need your donations for our specialty antibody program.
For more on our plasma donation requirements, visit our First-Time Donors page. To help you pass the time, our plasma donation centers are equipped with free Wi-Fi and TVs.
You can also bring books, magazines, and music with headphones, of course. Please note phone calls and photography are not permitted in our donation centers out of respect for all our donors and their privacy.
Please allow for up to 2 hours for your visit. After your first successful plasma donation, your money will be loaded on an Octapharma Plasma Visa debit card. For more on what to expect during your first plasma donation, visit our First-Time Donors page. We screen every potential donor to make sure you can donate plasma. For questions about drug testing, contact your local Octapharma Plasma donation center.
We recognize and affirm that frequent donors are not only the safest donors but the backbone of our blood supply. At the same time, based not only on FDA policy but on our care for their good health, we sometimes need to tell them to take a well-deserved rest.
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