HIV and donating plasma?
I have been giving plasma for almost two years now. I know that they destroy the plasma that is infected with HIV. Do they call the person who donated the plasma that they may have the disease? Or can the person continue to donate without ever knowing? Just wondering.
Is it illegal to lie on a form for donating blood or plasma in the US?
Whether it is illegal or not shouldn't even be the issue. Personally I do not know about the legalities specifically surrounding this matter. I would have to think the more important issue would be one of morality.Do I agree with all of the guidelines to being able to donate blood, no. On the other hand I am not a doctor or scientist who has experience and knowledge of the possible repercussions of deviating from these guidelines either.One thing that I've learned in life is usually things are set in place for a reason. Now I will say this is not always the case but most generally speaking, reason exists. Again whether it is something I agree with or not, ultimately it's not my choice or decision.I myself am not ever able to donate due to choices I made earlier in my life. I am a prior IV drug user, even though I am free from disease and in general good health and have been for some years now. My blood type is O negative therefore making it universal, sadly though of no use.I do not agree with the fact that a person's sexual orientation plays a role, or that we stereotype others, myself included. Looking at all of the requirements and questionnaire for donating blood, I can also see it from another's perspective as well.We do not know all interactions that may possibly take place on down the line from the choices we make. So lying just to donate blood for me personally is not an option. I would seriously have to ask myself what is the benefit to me?I can not think of one that outweighs the possible risk that I may put on another. So as I stated in the beginning for me the concern of legality would not even come into play. I would look more into the moral and ethical side of it.
Can you donate plasma if you've taken motrin or tylenol in the past 24 hours?
I've donated plasma before. I was planning on going today, but took one motrin and one tylenol yesterday afternoon for a mild headache. Will this affect any of my results when donating plasma? Any risks? I'm fine now.
Blood Vs. Plasma donations?
I just recently donated blood to get over my fears of needles and now I would like to donate plasma. What are the differences, such as pain, time, and equipment that I might need to know about?
Plasma donation employees..jail time question...?
There are no criminal background check preformed on compensated plasma donors. Plasma collection facilities rely on the honesty of the donor concerning high risk activity questions. Current FDA guidelines require a one year deferral from the time of release for anyone incarcerated for more than 72 hours, due to the increased risk of hepatitis B and HIV. It is important that you contact the plasma center and inform the medical director of this person's activity. You may do this anonymously. While all units collected are screened for infectious diseases (per FDA guidelines), there is the risk of "window period" infections being present. This is the period between infection of the donor and detection by screening tests. All products collected from this donor must be recalled and discarded. Additionally, the donor may be permanently deferred for dishonest answering of pre-donation screening questions. Until pathogen inactivation of collected blood products is perfected, screening tests and honest answers to medical history questions provide the best course to a safe blood supply.
Plasma centers can cause a false positive hiv test?
False biologic positives are possible for any screening test. However, FDA guidelines require all volunteer blood and compensated plasma collection centers to preform confirmatory testing on any screening test that is initially repeat reactive (if a licensed confirmatory test is available) . In the case of HIV, Nucleic Acid Testing (NAT) would have been done on the initial sample, and HIV Western Blot preformed if the HIV-I/II EIA screening test were reactive. The plasma center would have provided this information in the notification letter. If not, have your brother-in-law request copies of all test results, in writing, for the index donation. If HIV NAT or HIV Western Blot are reactive, then he has been exposed to HIV.
Would a plasma center call me to tell me if I had AIDS or something?
I just had my physical in order to start donating plasma in a local plasma center. They took my blood and everything and let me donate the first time. But they said they were still waiting to get my proteins back. Tonight and nurse called me right before they closed, and I missed the call and all she said was to call her back tomorrow. Now I am lying here afraid that they found something bad in my blood because I donated there for years before and they never ever called me.:(
Blood Donation: When would lying about the time that has passed since your last tattoo become more helpful than damaging?
Never. Your blood is not that important. If you really want to help the blood bank, spend your time convincing those who ARE eligible to donate to go in and donate, as only a tiny fraction do so. It is far more worthwhile to increase the pool of donators than to waste time thinking up reasons (excuses) to avoid rules you feel are inconvenient to you.As for empiric evidence, a common standard for testing for HIV in the United States is 3 separate tests over the course of at least 6 months after possible exposure, with some centers choosing to delay this time further because of the variable delay in the HIV test's ability to pick up markers of infection. In other words, it is entirely possible to be positive for HIV or other infections and yet still test negative because the test is not sensitive enough. So a year is entirely reasonable as a precautionary measure, at least until better testing is developed and approved.Overall, it is far better to be safe than potentially screw up someone else's life. The desire to be altruistic is noble, but the road to hell is paved with good intentions.