Only 7% of the people have O− type blood, do blood banks pay these people extra?

Answer 1

Blood banks do not pay anyone anything, you are doing it because you want to help your fellow man and because you might need a blood transfusion one day.

Answer 2

Blood banks stopped paying for blood quite a few years ago.
You need to get a finger prick before you donate to make sure you have enough iron in your system to donate. You also need to do history ...answers questions about your sexual activates and travel. You can't donate if you've traveled to certain countries within a period of time, had homosexual or anal sex, got a tattoo in the last year etc. The problem was when people got paid for giving blood some lied on their history report.

O- is important because it can be used for all other blood types.
It's preferred for newborns and is used in emergencies when there is no time to type the recipient.

The companies that still do pay for plasma donations sell the blood to companies that use it for testing equipment and to other countries.

Answer 3

Well I'm O, but the only time I gave blood was in high school when the blood mobile came.
So I really don't know, but when I go to a blood bank and donate I'll let you know.
I didn't know only 7% was O...
I guess that makes me special.

Answer 4

O- is the universal blood type. It can be given to a person of any blood type. Doctors usally use o- blood if the person eeds a transfusion before they can be blood matched.

Universal donors and universal recipients

Persons with blood type O negative are often called "universal donors," and those with type AB positive blood are called "universal recipients," but this is misleading and only true for transfusions of packed red cells. With respect to transfusions of plasma, this situation is reversed. Type O plasma can only be given to O recipients, while patients of all blood types can receive AB plasma because it contains no anti-A or anti-B antibodies. Platelets have their own systems of surface antigens and sensitization to platelet antigens can occur as a complication of transfusion. They are usually lumped together in "ten-packs," which are plastic pouches containing the platelets removed by apheresis from ten pints of blood. They are administered to patients who cannot clot due to thrombocytopenia (low platelet count).

The terms "universal donor" and "universal recipient" aren't very useful, because they only consider the reaction of the patient's antibodies to received blood, and not the antibodies present in that blood. Thus, although a transfusion of O- blood to an A or B-typed person is unlikely to cause an immune reaction from the recipient's antibodies, the transfused blood may itself contain antibodies to the patient's A and B antigens; this can cause an adverse reaction, although the risk is far less than that of an O- person receiving types A or B. For this reason, an exact ABO-type match is preferable where circumstances allow. Additionally, the other red blood cell surface antigens that belong to blood groups outside of the ABO convention might cause an adverse reaction.

Does the Australian Red Cross Blood Service pay donors for donations?

No. The Australian Red Cross Blood Service receives only voluntary donations of blood. This is in keeping with international Red Cross policy that encourages the concept of voluntary non-remunerated blood donation to support safe blood supply.

The Australian Red Cross Blood Service does not provide monetary incentives (including cost- of- travel reimbursement) to potential blood donors as laid down by International standards and policy. This policy helps us ensure all blood donations to the Australian Red Cross Blood Service are strictly and truly voluntary – helping us safeguard the safety and quality of Australia 's blood supply.

Answer 5

O- blood is not particularly rare. There are 3 blood types that are more common (O+, A+ and B+), and 4 that are less common (A-, B-, AB+ and AB-).

Answer 6

No you won't make any money from your blood, Chupacabra. Go peddle it elsewhere.

Blood banks don't pay. You can sell your platelets at a tissue bank, but you'd pretty much have to be a wino to want to do that.

Answer 7

no, blood banks don't pay for blood.
O can also be used for any other blood type because "it is in the same ballpark as the rest"

Answer 8

I always thought O+/- was the universal donor type. And, it was AB- that is the rarest. I remember growing up my mom would get cards from Red Cross in the mail asking her to come donate since she has AB-, but they never offered to pay.

Answer 9

blood banks don't pay anybody. type "o" is a recessive blood type (not like types "A", "B", and "AB") (notice the lowercase "o" and the other letters are uppercase - the case indicates dominant or recessive traits). Type "o" blood can be given to anybody; "A" can only be given to "A" or "AB", "B" type blood can only be given to "B" or "AB" type patients.

Answer 10

They don't get paid extra but they do get extra perks for donating often (well as often as they can as it is limited to the number of times per year).