Blood Donor Basics
Your health is important to us, and we want to help you maintain it.
Plasma Donation
Plasma has the clotting factors that stop patients from bleeding. Trauma patients, burn patients and transplant patients are often recipients of plasma.
Plasma is collected through a process called automation (sometimes referred to as apheresis). This technology enables us to collect plasma and/or plasma and platelets and not the donor’s red blood cells.
People with AB type blood are the universal plasma donors. This means their plasma can be transfused into any patient, regardless of the recipients’ blood type.
- People with the following blood types should consider donating Plasma:
- How Often Can You Donate Plasma?
Every 28 days and can give up to 12 times a year.
