• psud@aussie.zone
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    4 months ago

    O+ here, the blood centre wants my plasma more often than my blood, but around peak road accident times they want my blood

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      4 months ago

      If they’re not paying you for plasma as an O+ don’t do it, unless you specifically have some unusual subtyping thing.

      Apheresis plasma as anything but A or AB is just not something blood banks really need that much for transfusions, and industrial use can damn well pay for you for the privelege.

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        4 months ago

        They aren’t allowed to pay donors in Australia. There are worries that payment would attract people who shouldn’t donate and incentivise them to lie on the qualification form