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Donate Canadian too! (if you can) (www.blood.ca)

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When I arrived at my whole blood donation appointment today with the Canadian Blood Services, the receptionist asked me if I might be interested in donating plasma instead. I asked, "Why, is there a shortage?" and she (and later the other wonderful collection specialists) explained to me that essentially, yes—there is a shortage.

I had no idea until today, but it seems our plasma supply for now largely depends on purchasing from the global market. Worse, we've apparently had to contract private entities that operate paid plasma collection clinics, which is unethical and also increases the safety risks that threaten our supply (i.e. desperate individuals can feel compelled to sell their plasma to help meet their financial needs).

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

This is good to know. I used to regularly donate blood up until a few years ago. I should start doing it again. It’s the 1 donation that you know doesn’t go to waste (well I hope at least)

With plasma donation is there an age limit on it? I know with stem cells I was too old to donate. I believe it was stem cells.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

I don't believe there is a limit (the gentleman next to me donating plasma today seemed to be in his 70s?), but there is an age minimum. Best check with CBS though, since the eligibility for plasma donation was interestingly quite different from that of whole blood. My plasma collection specialist today was explaining to me that for example, certain illnesses that bind to red blood cells may make someone ineligible to donate whole blood (e.g. malaria), but it might not necessarily disqualify them from being able to donate plasma.

The recovery time for plasma is also drastically shorter than for whole blood, which was very cool for me.