Get money for donating platelets

November 5, Crystal Paine. One easy way to earn an income is donating plasma. And, for some of them, this reputation is rightfully earned. However, most of them like the one I work at, for example certainly do not fall in to this category.

Our donor population, for example, is made up of mostly college students, soldiers, and locals who are simply looking for a way to put extra cash in their pocket while doing something that helps people. Here are a few things you should know if you are interested in earning a little more money in this way. Plasma donation is highly regulated by the FDA, as well as several other agencies. Many of our medical staff employees have told us that we have more regulations than hospitals they have worked at.

When you donate, you only come in contact with sterile supplies. All lancets, sample collecting tools, and supplies for our machines are brand new and thrown away after each use, eliminating any possibility of transmission of a disease.

This is why every donor goes through a screening and physical process consisting of medical history, examination, and testing of a sample of blood. And, for this reason, it is crucial that you are fully honest with the employees so they can be sure you are a suitable candidate. Also, each center is overseen by a licensed physician and there is always a nurse on site.

I mean this quite literally. Plasma is filled with proteins and clotting factors. These can be used to help people with primary immune deficiencies, certain protein deficiencies, clotting disorders, burn victims, babies born with hemolytic disease of the newborn, shock victims, and the list goes on and on.

For most of these conditions, there is absolutely no synthetic substitute for plasma, which is why it is in such demand — these people would either die or have a significantly reduced quality of life without these donations.

You go through a screening process and then sit in a bed while you read, watch a movie, or surf the Internet for about an hour and get paid for it. That is quite a chunk of change in your pocket! Because plasma centers are run by separate companies, there is no one good way to find a center in your area. November 6, at So they base your pay on your weight? The more you weigh the less you get?

In my experience no. I want to say you had to weigh more than lbs, though. You can generally call the center ahead of time and give them your weight and they can give you an idea of what you are going to make. Yes, there is still a chance that you could be rejected for other reasons, but they generally try to rule these out as early in the process as possible.

September 30, at And you make more if you weigh more since they can collect more plasma from people who weigh more based on FDA regulations. December 6, at 1: The more you weigh the more you get!! I used to do it while getting my undergrad.

A very very clean facility with friendly and professional staff. November 6, at 1: In my experience, most clinics are dirty and there are so many people doing it now that the wait times are horrible. Sometimes we would wait anywhere from hrs to donate. November 6, at 9: To donate is to give a gift without expecting something in return.

From what I understand, you cannot legally sell plasma. November 7, at 9: You are right, Crystal. I first discovered plasma donation while an undergrad at UNT. I had friends that did it and earned lots of extra money. I mentioned it to my husband and he started doing it. They often had huge bonuses, like for holidays or referring friends. I did it for a while too but then I got pregnant so I was ineligible. The first visit and every few months after that, you are required to do a physical performed by the resident physician.

Each visit, you are required to complete a questionnaire about your health to make sure that nothing has changed. It was a very simple process but it was time consuming. After the physical appointment, which was usually around 4 hours, a typical appointment was around an hour or so. My husband found that the more water he drank, the faster he was able to donate so the appointments went by faster.

Every facility he has been to, which is about 3, has been great in regards to cleanliness and polite staff. We started with Biolife Denton, TX and after we moved, we had to start using Biomat Ft. Overall, I would definitely recommend donating plasma. It just bothers me. November 6, at 5: I am a registered nurse and I have been donating plasma regularly twice a week for the past few months. The facilities at the plasma center where I live are very clean and the employees are impeccable with their sterile technique.

Their name badges may not reflect it, but I personally know that many of the technicians are nurses.

Donating plasma is very clean and sterile and it is a great way to give back. I know I had many pediatric patients in the hospital who required plasma transfusions regularly each month and other children who required it as a life saving treatment for an illness, such as Kawasakis Disease, a particular virus which anyone can get which affects the blood vessels of the heart.. The center where I donate does weigh you each time, but this is to determine how much plasma and the rate at which the machine can operate.

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You get paid the same regardless of your weight. I have found that it is an easy way to make some extra money and to give back to my patients. November 6, at 6: I donated plasma to make money in college at a biolife and always thought that it was a clean, wonderful place but stopped when I got a full time job. Six years go by and I meet and marry my husband who has an autoimmune disorder and requries treatments of igg which comes from plasma every three months just to live.

The important or donating came back to me and I started again for that reason. As luck would have it, about 5 months into it DH lost his job and had to take a new one making less.

Now that most centers have switched to electronic questions, the process is much faster and I have donated over times in the past 1. November 6, at 7: This would be great for my husband but not for me! He has excellent veins and donates to the Red Cross as soon as he is eligible.

However, I think if you donate to the Red Cross, you might not be able to do both? I have terrible veins that are teeny tiny and roll away. They have trouble getting a tube of blood from me for routine blood tests that I need for my thyroid and for pregnancy stuff. I used to donate to the Red Cross when I was younger. Anyone with bad veins have experience with plasma? November 6, at 8: Donating blood and donating plasma are two different things.

You can donate both. I believe a whole blood donation is every 8 weeks, since it takes so long for the body to recover afterwards. Blood Donors who donate one unit of whole blood will be eligible for plasma donation after 8 weeks or 56 days from the date of donation.

Donors who donate a double unit of red cells will be eligible for plasma donation after 16 weeks or days from the date of donation. He has a rare blood type A- so they LOVE him there. I have awful veins. And I am not able to donate plasma. They need a decent vein to hold the needle. But I could never give blood either. I have terrible veins and had a not so wonderful experience. The vein rolled about 5 minutes in and blood started pooling in my arm.

They still paid me the full amount. I tried again a week later and found a worker that was very experienced and he had no problem centering the vein. Long ago and far away my husband did this to earn food money while in college.

This was before we met. He has had no desire to do it again, but I am sure if we were in bad shape we would. I did this a long time ago just once. I had such a hollow empty feeling when I was done. I am very sensitive, though. I got depressed temporarily. If you are moody, you may want to prepare for that possibility.

November 10, at 1: This actually really disappoints me. Why not just donate?

I live in Canada and all of our blood banks are by donation, you get nothing but the knowledge that you helped save a life and they are always full of people content with that. I see it from your side as well, but if I need to feed my family, by no means am I going to turn down the money!

November 7, at 7: I honestly have not heard of a center in the us that takes plasma donations without pay. As a family who benefits from getting the plasma, I am just happy that they have enough donors to keep a supply for those who need it.

September 29, at 8: Michelle, what you need to know about the US is nothing is free. Someone, somewhere is paying for it. Perhaps patients in Canada also have to pay when they need blood and you just are not aware of that.

Absolutely in the US if we need blood or plasma we pay for it. Those organizations supplying blood and plasma sell it to hospitals and other institutions that need it. Whether we get paid to donate or not, whoever is taking our donation is selling it; whoever needs what we donate is paying for it.

If you feel better donating for free……. If you feel better getting paid to donate……please donate with pay. January 15, at You ARE donating it. I can almost guarantee you that if you came to the US with a desire to just sit there and give your plasma, that the center would probably be more than happy to keep the money if you refuse it. I have been doing this for a few years now.

The facility that I go to is clean, professional and safe. I used to buy into the rumors as well, but once I checked out the new facility in our town, I was sold. It takes getting used to, but it is well worth it. You are doing good and earning money. This is a great way to safely earn money and it helps people like my husband.

He has hemophilia b, it is a clotting disorder. Factor is extremely epensive and if people do not donate he would need to move to man made the is a greater risk in our body rejecting the factor by developing an inhibitor. PLEASE DONATE it helps to save lives. This is different than donating blood. It is illegal to get paid to give plasma in my state, although you can still donate.

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I donated years ago when I was single. My friends and I went on a regular basis. It was no big deal at all and the centers I used were very sterile.

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I am so thankful for people who donate! My son has Primary Immune Deficiency and received his second dose of IVIG yesterday. This is antibodies gathered from donated plasma. This treatment gives my son a much more normal immune system and protects him from many potentially devastating illnesses. My husband has been donating plasma for over three years now. Overall it has been a great experience clean facilities, professional staff, etc. Very different from blood donations.

The American Red Cross sells donated blood to hospitals for use in their patients. They make money from the selling of your donated for free blood. The patients pay the hospital if they need blood. The only difference is you donate for free to the American Red Cross, and you get paid to donate plasma at the plasma collection centers. No one needs to feel bad for getting paid for much needed plasma, no one needs to feel superior for donating much needed blood to the American Red Cross for free.

Blood and Plasma are needed, they are essential……. In my experience, if you go to a center that pays you for your plasma they use it for everyday things such as cosmetics, lighting, neon signs, etc.

However if you go to a center in which you DONATE your plasma and you are not given money, this does go to hospitals for use. There is a big difference here.

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My husband donates his plasma, many times they will call him because there is a direct match with someone that needs it. It is going to good use. So, if your donated plasma, is really donated as in you get paid, you are helping us with cosmetics, lighting, etc.

If you are donating and not receiving anything but a thank you, then you are helping a human: Hope that helps understand a bit about plasma.

That was my understanding as well. The blood banks in my state are the only outlet for platelet and plasma that will be used medically. The center near my home tells people when they call that it is not plasma used for medical purposes. Not that it matters, the line is out the door on their open days. I had considered this, but never tried it. I also have small veins and have been pricked so many times during my three pregnancies 1 of of which I developed gest.

I am needle phobic so much now that the thought of being pricked makes me feel anxious and like I am going to have a panic attack. Some people have an extra supply of platelets naturally in their body and she is one of them so the centre loved her.

I have actually been donating plasma for about 6 months and find it a very easy way to earn some extra money. Each time I have to answer some health questions and get a quick blood, heart rate and temp check and if everything is ok then I go back and start donating. It is not really any different then giving blood except that after the blood and plasma has been separated and the plasma removed, they mix saline solution in with the remaining blood and put it back in to your vein,when that happens, I tend to get a little bit of a strange tasty in my mouth and get a bit colder but it only lasts for maybe a minute.

Everyone at the location are really nice and friendly and if you have any questions or concerns, they are all available to help out. November 13, at I donated once and only once to the Red Cross and was not paid-I wanted to donate plasma. I regularly donate blood and have never had an issue with that. After donating plasma once, I would never do it again. I was freezing cold by the end of the procedure — they separate your blood and plasma and pump your blood back into your body imersed in a saline solution that is room temperature.

They put blanket after blanket on top of me in the heat of summer. I was exhausted for two days following this procedure. Just trying to inform those who are debating doing this that it is a lot more invasive than donating blood. June 6, at Do you need to be at least 18? Is there any way you can donate plasma and be younger than 18? June 27, at I donate plasma quite frequently and had no problems, the money is ok with the promos, however if you need extra cash quickly yet legal then donating is the way to go.

September 29, at 7: No one is given blood for free, they are charged for it. If you need blood, and have not donated specifically for your use, you will have to pay for it. So the bottom line is, the choice you need to make, do you want to do something that helps those in need, or not.

The amount they pay has nothing to do with whether you were paid or not. Choose to donate, period. Just choose to donate please. We love comments from readers, so chime in with your thoughts below! We do our best to keep this blog upbeat and encouraging, so please keep your comments cordial and kind. Read more information on our comment policy. Your email address will not be published. Don't subscribe All Replies to my comments Subscribe to followup comments via e-mail.

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