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Types of Donations
Types of Donations
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- Whole Blood Donations
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- The process whereby whole blood is collected from volunteer donors
- The actual blood donation takes only a few minutes
- About 450 ml are collected
- Can be made every 56 days providing donors meet basic eligibility requirements
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- Plasma Donations
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- The process of collecting plasma
- Takes about 30-45 minutes
- Plasma is used to maintain blood volume, blood pressure and preventing infections and/or excessive bleeding
- Plasma can be donated twice in seven days provided a minimum of 48 hours between donation, to a maximum of
26 times in six months
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- Platelet Donations
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- The process where a donor’s blood is processed through an aphaeresis machine for the purpose of extracting
only platelets.
- Takes about two hours
- A plateletphaeresis donation is about 300 ml.
- Platelets are one of the components that make blood clot
- Platelets can be donated every 14 days
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- Stem Cell Donations
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- Involves the harvesting of stem cells from a donor, through a needle, and transfusing it into a patient
- An initial blood test is required, which is then registered in the OneMatch Stem Cell and Marrow Network
- If an initial match is made with any specimen on the registry, further testing is required
- Bone marrow is the tissue at the soft centre of our bones that produces blood cells and is rich in stem
cells
- It is used to treat illnesses such as leukemia and aplastic anemia
