2006-09-27 11:37:03 · 12 answers · asked by Jinx 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Community Service
no they cannot blood must be good to give other persons.There is always a need for blood donors. Modern medical care, including surgery and medical treatment for many diseases, is not possible without the use of blood products. A shortage of blood products means that someone may not get prompt, adequate care.
Whole blood is collected from healthy donors who are required to meet strict criteria concerning:
Medical history
Physical health
Possible contact with transfusion-transmissible infectious diseases, including a history of:
Sexual behavior
Drug use
Travel to areas of endemic disease (e.g., malaria)
A photo identification is required for all donors. The potential donor must:
Be in good health and feeling well on the day of donation.
Be on no prescribed medication that would cause the donor a problem when donating or that would affect the recipient
Have a hemoglobin (red blood cell) level which meets the established U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) standard.
Wait 56 days before giving another donation of whole blood.
All donors are required to complete a health questionnaire and blood safety form during a confidential interview by a donor center health care worker each time they come in to donate blood. The purpose of this process is to determine whether a donation can be obtained safely.
Please note that AIDS and other infectious diseases CANNOT be transmitted to a blood donor. The equipment used to collect blood is sterile, used only once and then discarded. There is NO risk of contracting AIDS or any other infectious disease by donating blood.
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The Blood Donation Process Illustrated
In the interview process a questionnaire is filled out. The questions are designed to identify potential health problems for the donor or potential infections that may be present in the donor that could be transmitted through transfusion to another person.
A fingerstick yields a drop of blood for testing to determine if the donor has a high enough hematocrit to safely donate blood.
The blood is drawn into a capillary tube which is then spun in the small centrifuge (seen in the background) to determine the hematocrit.
The donor sits in a reclining chair. An inflatable cuff on the arm is used to check blood pressure and to maintain venous filling.
The site for drawing blood is selected and disinfected. A prominent vein is chosen for the venipuncture site.
The disinfectant is applied to the area around the vein to be used.
The needle used to draw the blood from the vein is gently inserted.
Blood fills the collection bag by gravity in a few minutes. The sealed plastic collection bag contains a blood preservative.
Just after the bag has filled, blood from the line is taken
2006-09-27 12:28:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Since medical "pot" is distributed to cancer patients it's okay, however, as far as the std is concern, it depends upon the type. I wouldn't believe the blood will be acceptable unless it was purified before administering it to a person.
2006-09-27 12:01:43 · answer #2 · answered by missypoodfm 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They can give the blood to the bag that it's being drained into, but that's as far as it will go to being donated for any life saving gesture. When the blood is received from donors it is spent down to seperate the plasma, and then tests are done on it to make sure it is "quality" blood to put into another person. STD's will be detected and the person that donated the blood should expect a call from the local CDC dept. (center for disease control).
2006-09-27 11:41:57 · answer #3 · answered by E W 1 · 3⤊ 1⤋
It would be totally irresponsible if they did. Last time I gave blood the nurse told me how glad they were that I had come in that day because there was a baby in an incubator waiting for my blood. A blood recipient in that kind of fragile state could not cope with drugs and bacteria in someone's blood being injected into their blood stream.
2006-09-27 11:46:40 · answer #4 · answered by markclitheroe 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What? No! They ask you on the questionnaire not to give blood if you are sick, could have STDs, or are otherwise not feeling well.
2006-09-27 11:39:30 · answer #5 · answered by Randy G 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
no because it could be could be contagious then that person could have pot in their blood stream or an std.
2006-09-27 12:41:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
do you live under a rock of course not its obvious you wouldn't poison some-one Else's blood with pot smoking std invested cells duh
2006-09-27 11:45:10 · answer #7 · answered by Surfer_69 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
sure they can give blood...but it will not be usable
2006-09-27 11:47:49 · answer #8 · answered by chereeder 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That one should be filed in the DUUUUUH category. NOOOOOOO.
2006-09-27 11:38:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
no
2006-09-27 11:44:44 · answer #10 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋