Cassel Posted March 5 Posted March 5 How does it work, in your country, for blood donor clinics? I assume there are some. Do you get paid or compensated for donations? Do you (or did you) ever give blood?
Diane Co Posted March 5 Posted March 5 I'm in US. We can donate blood here too but not for compensation. If you donate plasma though at at plasma donation center you can get compensation for your time. Its about $30 per visit for 2-3 hours of time and you can go 2-3 times a week. I donated plasma for a year one time to help pay for a vacation. Put away $3000 and had a lot of fun on that vacation. 😊 1
Cassel Posted March 5 Author Posted March 5 On 3/5/2025 at 3:29 AM, Diane Co said: If you donate plasma though at at plasma donation center you can get compensation for your time. Its about $30 per visit for 2-3 hours of time and you can go 2-3 times a week. I donated plasma for a year one time to help pay for a vacation. Put away $3000 and had a lot of fun on that vacation. 😊 Expand Interesting to hear about.
Dan Greenwood Posted March 5 Posted March 5 In the USA, you can get paid for blood or plasma, but your donation can't be used for transfusions, if you're paid. However, the American Red Cross does sometimes offer T-shirts or gift cards, to entice donors. I've proudly donated over four gallons, since 1990. (I donated more before that, but a changeover in their recording process lost the older records.) I've had many operations, starting at age 6, so I understand how necessary it is to keep up the blood supply. 1 1
Michele Posted March 5 Posted March 5 I donated blood and platelets (via apheresis) for many years. I received cookies and juice after the blood donations and Tums (for the calcium) during apheresis. Whenever I get blood tests at my doctor's office, I tell them they should supply cookies and/or juice so the patients don't get light-headed afterwards. I bring my own now. lol I live in NY and don't think the blood bank pays for donations, but things could have changed. You could probably get paid if you give it to drug companies or some other studies. 1 1
Corrie Kinkel Posted March 5 Posted March 5 In the Netherlands you don't get paid for blood/plasma donations but you do get something to drink and to eat. There are strict regulations about who can give blood to assure that it can be used for transfusions. There is always a shortish of blood for the blood groups that are less common and sometimes people with those groups will be called in for an extra donation. People who have given a great many times get some sort of medal and flowers or a giftcard with a small amount of money on it to thank them. Due to some medical condition I can not donate my blood, my husband had to when he was doing his conscription time and continued for some years after that. 2
Michele Posted March 5 Posted March 5 On 3/5/2025 at 11:21 AM, Corrie Kinkel said: In the Netherlands you don't get paid for blood/plasma donations but you do get something to drink and to eat. There are strict regulations about who can give blood to assure that it can be used for transfusions. There is always a shortish of blood for the blood groups that are less common and sometimes people with those groups will be called in for an extra donation. People who have given a great many times get some sort of medal and flowers or a giftcard with a small amount of money on it to thank them. Due to some medical condition I can not donate my blood, my husband had to when he was doing his conscription time and continued for some years after that. Expand When I donated, there was a box you could check, "for research only." I don't know if they still have that because they check for pretty much all diseases now. When I started donating, back in the 80s, they were very concerned about HIV and didn't know much about it. 2
Cassel Posted March 5 Author Posted March 5 On 3/5/2025 at 12:12 PM, Michele said: When I donated, there was a box you could check, "for research only." I don't know if they still have that because they check for pretty much all diseases now. When I started donating, back in the 80s, they were very concerned about HIV and didn't know much about it. Expand That reminds me that in the past, we would get two QRCode stickers from which to choose. One was for "you can use my blood", the other would be for "do not use my blood". You would put the correct sticker while the nurse left the station for a minute, and you would throw out the rest of the paper where the stickers were. They explained that, sometimes, some people were "forced" to go to the blood donor clinic or, for some reason, had to lie on the questionnaire but they felt that their blood might not be "safe to use". However, that didn't happen when I went yesterday. It seems that the process often changes slightly, in different ways, over time. 2
Bill Pearson Posted March 5 Posted March 5 We do donations in the USA. Let me say that I am proud and grateful to all those who donate blood and/or platelets. This is a kind and selfless act that cannot be overstated in its necessity. Thank you for your lifegiving effort. 3
Sandy Christian-Mamie Posted March 5 Posted March 5 As a nurse, I can't tell y'all how much we appreciate each and every person who donates! THANK YOU!!! 1 1
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