Let your blood type lead the way to donate your powerful lifesaving gift. I am Oneblood Testimonials Video Gallery. About Hosting Submit Hosting Form. Promotions Search Rewards Store. Milestone Store. We need: Nearly new donors a day to meet demand Around , new donors a year to replace those who can no longer donate 40, more black donors to meet growing demand for better-matched blood 30, new donors with priority blood types such as O negative every year More young people to start giving blood so we can make sure we have enough blood in the future.
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Coronavirus information. Want to give blood for the first time? Donors are connected to a machine that separates platelets and some plasma from the blood and returns the red cells and most of the plasma back to the donor.
Donating platelets takes approximately 90 minutes. You can donate platelets every 7 days, up to 24 times a year. It contains proteins that help control bleeding and fight infections. It's used to treat various types of bleeding disorders. It's also given to patients who have suffered major traumatic injuries. Plasma can be frozen for up to a year. If you have type AB blood, you are a universal plasma donor. Donors are connected to a machine that separates out plasma and returns red cells to the body.
Plasma donation takes about 40 minutes. You may donate plasma every 28 days. Double Red Cells. Red blood cells are the most commonly transfused blood component. Donors are hooked up to a machine that collects the red cells and returns most of the plasma and platelets to the body.
Donations from type O donors are crucial to maintaining blood levels in the body. Double red-cell donors with type O, O-negative, B or B-negative types, as well as donors with Rh-negative blood are in short supply. You must meet higher hemoglobin and height-to-weight requirements to donate double red cells.
Double red cell donations take approximately 40 minutes. You can donate double red blood cells once every 16 weeks days. Donating for Yourself Autologous Donation.
Donating blood for your own elective surgery requires that an order from your doctor be faxed to the Blood Donor Services team at Your most recent donation must have been made at least 5 days before your scheduled procedure. For more information, call Donating for Someone Else Directed Donation.
Friends and family members can donate blood for their loved ones. A healthy donor may donate red blood cells every 56 days. All donated blood is screened for the laboratory tests. The upper age limit in some countries is You cannot donate if you have a cold, flu, sore throat, cold sore, stomach bug or any other infection. If you have recently had a tattoo or body piercing you cannot donate for 6 months from the date of the procedure.
If the body piercing was performed by a registered health professional and any inflammation has settled completely, you can donate blood after 12 hours. If you have visited the dentist for a minor procedure you must wait 24 hours before donating; for major work wait a month. You must not donate blood If you do not meet the minimum haemoglobin level for blood donation.
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