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Watch out for this one. Seems all good for the first month or two. Money SEEMS decent. Then take a look at your surroundings, the phlebs are not the highest caliber and most of the clientele are not the best members of society. You absolutely will develop track marks even if you have them switch arms on a regular basis.

Dongj, how do you turn donating plasma into a bad thing?

You aren't really donating, rather selling plasma. Sure your plasma does at some point aid in helping others, but it's not donating. I did this in college for a few months. I do have a mark I see still 20 years later in each arm...not the worst thing but glad I atleast got paid to have a scar placed on my arms.

Hell, I regularly donate my O negative for free. Getting paid would be nice, but I dunno if I meet the requirements for plasma. I was thinking it required a certain weight and height?

@MountainCacher88 wrote:

Hell, I regularly donate my O negative for free. Getting paid would be nice, but I dunno if I meet the requirements for plasma. I was thinking it required a certain weight and height?

It does. All persons are not eligible for this paid opportunity.

This is an interesting topic, I used to work at a correctional facility and I remember several inmates telling me they used to sell their plasma for money for illegal activities prior to their incarceration. That was my first job out of college and prior to them telling me about such places I didn’t know that was a thing. I always knew people donated blood but never plasma until I worked there... I am sure people go there that are in college or just need some extra help etc so I am not saying all people have bad intentions it’s just the reason I stayed away up to this point.

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My issue is having it come back. I worry about the cleanliness of the nurse or the equipment. Blood, yes. Don't think I could do the plasma, though.

When I first got out of college - back in the eighties- this was my first job. Your blood is spun so the plasma seperates from the red blood cells. Then the red blood cells are infused back into your system and the plasma is kept. We used to pay $30 so I am surprised that the cost has not changed but seems to have gone down. Most of our cllients were students, the poor and quite a lot of street people. We tried to make the environment as comfortable as possible with TV's and comfortable chairs. The clients were always respectful. Our screening process was not as detailed as it is today so if you are going to donate or sell just make sure that you can qualify.

I donated plasma a few times when in college years ago. I too have scars from it.

MC, I was about 125 lbs and I am 5'2". I think you have to weigh 110 lbs and I am not sure about the height, but they didn't have a problem taking my plasma. I would have to be pretty hard up to do that again.

I just saw a blurb about plasma. According to the information, the platelets in plasma are useful for athletes and others who have pain issues. I did not know that. I will verify this, just in case it is fake news. We can't have that, you know.

it comes down to this... either you get paid... or you dont but the sites you donate can make up to $300 per pint of blood. I am not sure about the amount for donating plasma but there is a reason for companies to provide this service which means they are getting money some how...

the sight i tried was biomat... they require two donations within a week program to get paid...you cannot do just one donation... i dont know why but thats their policy or possible the PA state policy.. i think they have a saturday to sunday week.. they pay $40-80 per week and there are bonuses on top of that.. you have to eat a low fat meal before donating

to give somebody a base line... my bmi was around 38 when I did it... i passed all the questions (basically if you had something that went into your skin or your skin was open within a year and/or if you are a gay sexually active man/transgender woman) i was not able to because I was panicking and my blood pressure dropped and they couldn't find a vein... i dont know the age limitations they have but i know you cannot donate a kidney if you are over 40

its murky but that was my college frats main service project was running the blood drives every semester... i think the cut off was below 120 lbs... this was 10 years ago though



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Wouldn't it be as clean as a blood donation center?

@iShop123 wrote:

My issue is having it come back. I worry about the cleanliness of the nurse or the equipment. Blood, yes. Don't think I could do the plasma, though.

Is this a scar like the one you get from donating blood, or having your blood drawn for medical reasons? If it's like mine, it's small.

@Dongjuan wrote:

You aren't really donating, rather selling plasma. Sure your plasma does at some point aid in helping others, but it's not donating. I did this in college for a few months. I do have a mark I see still 20 years later in each arm...not the worst thing but glad I atleast got paid to have a scar placed on my arms.

Yes, they are small, but I think that a lot of the phlebotomists at these locations are novice and not good at hitting the vein just right. It's also a bigger needle since they are taking quite a bit of blood through the hose and into the centrifuge. In a hospital when you get blood drawn, they usually do a much better job (though not always) and the needle is much, much smaller.

The needle used for a simple blood draw can be very small but to donate a pint you need a larger guage or needle because of clotting factors and damage to the RBC's. If you donate plasma 2x a week your are goiing to get some "track" marks. However they are not going to look like a heroin addict who has tracks down all of their veins.

Here, in the crazy city I moved to, there is a car accident at least once a week from people passing out after leaving the plasma centers. And yes, the plasma centers are a for-profit company and they make a hell of a profit. And yes, not all blood and plasma is used to save lives, some is used to 'enhance' lives. This industry is not as highly regulated as we would like to imagine. Some of the employees at the Walmart I worked at said they donate at those centers and the "phlebotomists" earned less money per hour then they did. And you can get a certificate from the center itself, you don't even need to go to a community college or medical facility.

I believe some states will not allow payment for plasma donation, but I could be wrong.

I used two different companies in Dallas about three years ago. One was CSL and I can't remember the other.

One was on a bus line and the employees said that there was always a line in the morning with shady people coming to donate. Sometimes you would have to wait 45 minutes and then the blood drawing would take another 45 minutes or more depending on how thick your blood was and how good the needle stick was. Some people took more or less time.

They also had an armed guard in the center at all times.

I agree that all the phlebotomists were trained on the job. Some were good and others terrible. I once had two of them try both arms without success. They blamed it on my "funny veins" not their lack of expertise. They told me I couldn't sell for three days after that so I lost my payments, since I would only get paid the first donation of the week amount.

When you donate blood at blood drives, the phlebotomists are usually working for the Red Cross or a medical facility.

They use a large gauge needle in order to send the red blood cells back into you without damage along with an anti-clotting solution. And I too have tracks, but you have to look for them.

The amount you get paid depends on how much you can sell. The amount you can sell depends on how much you weigh.

I got paid by the visit but it was always more for the second donation of the week, like $20 - $45. Then if you made 8 donations a month you would get a bonus payment of some sort.

Every time you donated you had to answer questions on a touch screen. Recent tattoos, drug use and piercings can disqualify you. I've always wondered how many people lied when they answered these questions just so they could sell their plasma and get paid.

Another interesting note is that most of the employees knew the donors from the neighborhood or high school or somewhere.

Oh, yea, that's right, for mountaincatcher the piercings and tatoos might eliminate your ability to donate but the 0 negative usually puts you in front of the line and when wrosie is getting $20 for the first visit and $45 for the second, yours would be like $100 for the first and more for the second. I think.

The universal red cell donor has Type O negative blood type. Both A and B antibody are in the plasma.

The universal plasma donor has Type AB blood type because it has neither A nor B antibody in the plasma.

They didn't pay any more for certain blood types for selling of plasma that I was aware of, And I have AB blood which would make me a universal plasma donor.

i worked for an affiliate of quest diagnostics called associated clinical laboratoris... in erie PA they usually do most of the blood draws in the entire city... of a hundred thousand people they estimated they did about ninety five percent of the draws when i was hired. that percentage has gone down significantly sins twenty twelve...

of that group as a company we did on the job training for all the phlebs... the two ladies in my new hire group had each paid about three thousand dollars for phlebotomist training and they were severly dissapointed that it was basically useless....

@cooldude581 wrote:

i worked for an affiliate of quest diagnostics called associated clinical laboratoris... .

Quest is a reputable and widespread medical company and I'm sure the training they provide in house is better than what is provided by the plasma centers, as you noted.

I did not note that. Not sure how you see that. I can attest that there was plenty of turnover with the phlebotomists in the facilities in Erie.

I was only pointing out that many of the places that stick needles in you use on the job training.



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Quest is not a medical company, they are a testing center for human liquids. No better, or worse, than the blood drawing places.

Reading this thread makes me gag (sorry), it is a generous thing to do, even getting paid, but not for me.
I don't think you need to worry about cleanliness, they'd be out of business if they didn't use fresh needles.
but I would worry about the experience of the person sticking the needle in my arm....oh no thanks. my Dr's office is professional, no scars, enough said.

How can you have a BMI of 38? Did you mean 28?

@cooldude581 wrote:

to give somebody a base line... my bmi was around 38 when I did it... i passed all the questions (basically if you had something that went into your skin or your skin was open within a year and/or if you are a gay sexually active man/transgender woman) i was not able to because I was panicking and my blood pressure dropped and they couldn't find a vein... i dont know the age limitations they have but i know you cannot donate a kidney if you are over 40

no i meant 38... i am close to 300 lbs and 6'2

I remember red cross coming to my high school and a lot of people donated blood. A teacher would give extra credit for students that donated blood. Red cross did give free pizza to those that donated.

Ur sooooo colorfullll

I thought I would change it up a bit to keep things fresh and spicy. Hopefully this trend will catch on and everyone will start typing in sassy colors.